Where does VMware LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VMware LLC ranks #72 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 VMware LLC hold?

VMware LLC holds 4,914 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is VMware LLC's Innovation Score?

VMware LLC has an Innovation Score of 72.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does VMware LLC focus on?

VMware LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 3,784 patents. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

Is VMware LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

VMware LLC's recent grant velocity is +90% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for VMware LLC's patents?

VMware LLC's patents average 19.7 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 VMware 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

VMware LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 4,914 granted patents across 47 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vmware ranks #72 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 4,914 patents across 47 technology areas.

#72
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (72.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R72 · US Corporation #72 · 4,914 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 4.9K grants
TOP-DECILE #72/49,997
NEAR-PEER Facebook
CPC-WIDE G06F · 47 areas
INNOV-STRONG 72.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Facebook, Inc. (±39 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Yantai Jereh… · near

73
Imam Mohammad IBN… · near

73
VMware · this assignee

73
Hyundai Motor · near

73
Techtronic Cordless GP · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Vmware's Innovation Score is 72.6/100 (top 1% 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.

Where Vmware's grants concentrate

VMware LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 77% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (761 grants) versus a trough of 224 in 2015. By volume, Vmware sits between Japan Display Inc. and Schlumberger Technology Corporation.

Vmware's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, VMware LLC moved from 1,713 to 1,849 grants (1.08x 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 #1,002. See the growth leaderboard.

Japan Display

5,401
Hewlett Packard E…

5,165
Tokyo Electron

5,061
Bank of America

4,988
Vmware ◀

4,914
Facebook

4,875
Verizon Patent an…

4,862
Olympus

4,844
Schlumberger Tech…

4,606

What this shows VMware holds 4,914 patents at rank #72, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VMware

By rank, the assignees closest to #72 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VMware, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

Hyundai Motor Company 73 Imam Mohammad IBN Saud Islamic University 73 Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co., Ltd. 73 Techtronic Cordless GP 72

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Open Text SA ULC 19.7 avg Nuro, Inc. 19.7 avg Smart Wires Inc. 19.7 avg Vast Data Ltd. 19.7 avg

Vmware's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

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VMware LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	224	4.6%
2016	323	6.6%
2017	309	6.3%
2018	321	6.5%
2019	455	9.3%
2020	546	11.1%
2021	712	14.5%
2022	634	12.9%
2023	761	15.5%
2024	454	9.2%
2025partial year	175	3.6%

Which technologies does VMware LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3,784

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2,618

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 246

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 183

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 164

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 97

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 76

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 75

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 41

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 29

H04M - Telephonic Communication 25

H04B - Transmission 17

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 16

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 15

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 10

Top 15 of 47 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#72

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

72.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

VMware LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 77% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #72 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VMware LLC against Japan Display Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 72.6/100 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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