Thousandeyes LLC
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Thousandeyes ranks #18,192 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 3 technology areas.
- #18,192
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 36th percentile
- by Innovation Score (30.9/100)
- 25.8
- avg claims per patent
- +29%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R18192 · US Corporation #18,192 · 16 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
- MID-PACK #18,192/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Tesmec S P A
- CPC-NARROW H04L · 3 areas
- INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 25.8 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-UP +29% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Tesmec S.P.A. (±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 Thousandeyes’s 30.9 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Thousandeyes
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Thousandeyes · this assignee 31
Thousandeyes · this assignee
31 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Thousandeyes's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Thousandeyes?
Each dot is one of Thousandeyes’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). Thousandeyes’s own 25.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Thousandeyes's grants concentrate
Thousandeyes LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Thousandeyes sits between Tesmec S.P.A. and Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd..
Who files at Thousandeyes's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Tesmec S P A
Tesmec S.P.A.
16 patents
- Thatbox Design
Thatbox Design, LLC
16 patents
- THE Board OF Rege…
THE Board OF Regents FOR THE Oklahoma Agricultural AND Mechanical Colleges
16 patents
- THE Indian Instit…
THE Indian Institute OF Technology Kharagpur
16 patents
- Tiax
Tiax LLC
16 patents
- TLS
TLS Corp.
16 patents
- TM4
TM4 Inc.
16 patents
- Tokai Carbon
Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd.
16 patents
- Thousandeyes ◀
Thousandeyes LLC
16 patents
What this shows Thousandeyes holds 16 patents at rank #18,173, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Thousandeyes
By rank, the assignees closest to #18,173 in granted patent volume.
- Tesmec S.P.A. #18,169 · 16 patents
- Thatbox Design, LLC #18,170 · 16 patents
- THE Board OF Regents FOR THE Oklahoma Agricultural AND Mechanical Colleges #18,171 · 16 patents
- THE Indian Institute OF Technology Kharagpur #18,172 · 16 patents
- Tiax LLC #18,174 · 16 patents
- TLS Corp. #18,175 · 16 patents
- TM4 Inc. #18,176 · 16 patents
- Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. #18,177 · 16 patents
Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Thousandeyes's primary technology class.
- International Business Machines Corporation 15,969 in class
- Qualcomm Incorporated 13,594 in class
- Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 11,697 in class
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 10,543 in class
- LG Electronics Inc. 9,062 in class
- Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) 8,543 in class
- Cisco Technology, Inc. 7,502 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 7,301 in class
Thousandeyes's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 18.8% |
| 2017 | 2 | 12.5% |
| 2018 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 6.3% |
| 2020 | 6 | 37.5% |
| 2021 | 3 | 18.8% |
Which technologies does Thousandeyes LLC patent most?
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Thousandeyes LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Thousandeyes LLC'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 #18,192 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Thousandeyes LLC against Tesmec S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.