Where does Tailscale, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tailscale, Inc. ranks #33,524 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 Tailscale, Inc. hold?

Tailscale, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is Tailscale, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tailscale, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tailscale, Inc. focus on?

Tailscale, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 8 patents, ranking #2,806 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Tailscale, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Tailscale, Inc.'s patents?

Tailscale, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Tailscale, 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

Tailscale, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tailscale ranks #33,524 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 1 technology areas.

#33,524
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33524 · Foreign Corporation #33,524 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,524/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tabletop Media
CPC-NARROW H04L · 1 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tabletop Media, 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 Tailscale’s 41.6 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 7.6 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (48%) Breadth 3.5 pts (8%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Callsign · near

42
Allen Medical Systems · near

42
AT&S(China) · near

42
Equistar Chemicals · near

42
Tailscale · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tailscale's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Tailscale?

Each dot is one of Tailscale’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). Tailscale’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tailscale's grants concentrate

Tailscale, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Tailscale sits between Tyco Electronics-simel and Tangle, Inc..

Tailscale's three-year grant acceleration

Tailscale, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Tyco -simel

8
Tabletop Media

8
Tactical Medical…

8
Tagworks Pharmace…

8
Taiwan Aerogel Te…

8
Taizhou Xiaotangl…

8
Tan Tock Seng Hos…

8
Tangle

8
Tailscale ◀

8

What this shows Tailscale holds 8 patents at rank #33,593, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tailscale

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,593 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tailscale, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Tailscale ranks #2,806 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

AT&S(China) Co. Ltd. 42 Equistar Chemicals, LP 42 Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 42 Callsign Inc. 42

Tailscale's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tailscale, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	12.5%
2024	3	37.5%
2025partial year	4	50.0%

Which technologies does Tailscale, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

Top 1 of 1 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Tailscale, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #33,524 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tailscale, Inc. against Tyco Electronics-simel, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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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