Where does Violin Memory LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Violin Memory LLC ranks #9,924 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 Violin Memory LLC hold?

Violin Memory LLC holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Violin Memory LLC's Innovation Score?

Violin Memory LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th 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 Violin Memory LLC focus on?

Violin Memory LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 32 patents, ranking #1,397 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Violin Memory LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Violin Memory LLC's recent grant velocity is -97% 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 Violin Memory LLC's patents?

Violin Memory LLC's patents average 16.3 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 Violin Memory LLC 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

Violin Memory LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Violin ranks #9,924 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 7 technology areas.

#9,924
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -97%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9924 · US Corporation #9,924 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,924/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Unmanned Innovations
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -97% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Unmanned Innovations, Inc. (±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 Violin’s 31.2 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 12.1 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allway Tools · near

31
SuperD · near

31
Violin Memory · this assignee

31
Dart Neuroscience… · near

31
Fipa Holding · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Violin's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 Violin?

Each dot is one of Violin’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). Violin’s own 16.3 claims/patent is at or below the 20.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Violin's grants concentrate

Violin Memory LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Violin sits between Unmanned Innovations, Inc. and Verizon and Redbox Digital Entertainment Services, LLC.

Unmanned Innovati…

32
Urotronic

32
VAST COM

32
Vesper Medical

32
Vision Industries…

32
Voiceage

32
Verdant Robotics

32
Verizon and Redbo…

32
Violin Memory ◀

32

What this shows Violin holds 32 patents at rank #9,920, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Violin

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,920 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Violin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Violin ranks #1,397 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Dart Neuroscience, (Cayman) Ltd. 31 Fipa Holding GMBH 31 SuperD Co. Ltd. 31 Allway Tools, Inc. 31

Violin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Violin Memory LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	25.0%
2016	17	53.1%
2017	6	18.8%
2020	1	3.1%

Which technologies does Violin Memory LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 32

G11C - Static Stores 7

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

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 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Violin Memory LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Violin Memory LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,924 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Violin Memory LLC against Unmanned Innovations, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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