Where does Super Micro Computer, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Super Micro Computer, Inc. ranks #3,609 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Super Micro Computer, Inc. hold?

Super Micro Computer, Inc. holds 102 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Super Micro Computer, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s patents?

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s patents average 13.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Super Micro Computer, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Super Micro Computer, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Super Micro Computer, Inc. focus on?

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 67 patents, ranking #117 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 102 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Super ranks #3,609 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 102 patents across 33 technology areas.

#3,609
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3609 · US Corporation #3,609 · 102 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 102 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,609/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sagem Defense Securite
CPC-FOCUS H05K · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sagem Defense Securite (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Super’s 47.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 16.0 pts (34%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 20.3 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Evolution · near

47
D2L · near

47
Inrix · near

47
Kosmek · near

47
Super Micro Computer · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Super's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 20% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Super?

Each dot is one of Super’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Super’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Super vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Super's grants concentrate

Super Micro Computer, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 65.7% of grants classified under H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (15 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Super sits between Sagem Defense Securite and Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies Support.

Super's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Super Micro Computer, Inc. moved from 42 to 17 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,870. See the growth leaderboard.

Sagem Defense Sec…

102
Shanghai Cambrico…

102
SHL Group AB

102
Sumitomo Dainippo…

102
Tonal Systems

102
Technische Univer…

102
VMI Holland B V

102
Veolia Water Solu…

102
Super Micro Compu… ◀

102

What this shows Super holds 102 patents at rank #3,609, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Super

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,609 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Super's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Super, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05K (Printed Circuits), Super ranks #117 of 3,545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

D2L Corporation 47 Kosmek Ltd. 47 Inrix Inc. 47 Blue Evolution Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

Suzhou China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg Institut National DE LA Recherche Agronomqiue 13.3 avg Duracell U.S. Operations, Inc. 13.3 avg Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg

Super's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Super Micro Computer, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	2.9%
2016	7	6.9%
2017	12	11.8%
2018	14	13.7%
2019	15	14.7%
2020	15	14.7%
2021	12	11.8%
2022	8	7.8%
2023	5	4.9%
2024	4	3.9%
2025partial year	7	6.9%

Which technologies does Super Micro Computer, Inc. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 67

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 43

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 28

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 9

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 7

H04Q - Selecting 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 1

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Super Micro Computer, Inc.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 65.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #3,609 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Super Micro Computer, Inc. against Sagem Defense Securite, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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