Where does Synology Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Synology Inc. ranks #7,340 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 Synology Inc. hold?

Synology Inc. holds 45 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Synology Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Synology Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Synology Inc. focus on?

Synology Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 20 patents, ranking #2,074 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Synology Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Synology Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -95% 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 Synology Inc.'s patents?

Synology Inc.'s patents average 11.2 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 Synology 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 Foreign Corporation

Synology Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 45 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Synology ranks #7,340 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 45 patents across 13 technology areas.

#7,340
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7340 · Foreign Corporation #7,340 · 45 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 45 grants
UPPER-Q #7,340/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SawStop Holding
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SawStop Holding LLC (±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 Synology’s 33.2 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 13.2 pts (40%) Velocity 0.5 pts (2%) Breadth 12.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Facet · near

33
Goss International… · near

33
Keihin Thermal… · near

33
Mediamath · near

33
Synology · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Synology's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th percentile 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 Synology?

Each dot is one of Synology’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). Synology’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Synology's grants concentrate

Synology Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Synology sits between Skidata GmbH and Shenzhen EpoStar Electronics Limited Co..

Synology's three-year grant acceleration

Synology Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Skidata

45
SKY Tech

45
Star Micronics

45
Styra

45
Sawstop Holding

45
Sciosense B V

45
Seabed Geosolutio…

45
Shenzhen Epostar

45
Synology ◀

45

What this shows Synology holds 45 patents at rank #7,328, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Synology

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,328 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Synology, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Synology ranks #2,074 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Keihin Thermal Technology Corporation 33 Goss International Americas, Inc. 33 Facet Technologies, LLC 33 Mediamath, Inc. 33

Synology's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Synology Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.7%
2016	15	33.3%
2017	6	13.3%
2018	7	15.6%
2019	12	26.7%
2020	1	2.2%
2023	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Synology Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 14

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 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Synology Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Synology Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,340 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Synology Inc. against Skidata GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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