Vmware Inc patents

Vmware Inc holds 9,938 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents9,938
Recent patents1,739
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015651
2016730
2017680
2018677
2019902
20201,174
20211,453
20221,332
20231,508
2024708
2025113
202610
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015651
2016730
2017680
2018677
2019902
20201,174
20211,453
20221,332
20231,508
2024708
2025113
202610

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
G06F9/455583,392
G06F2009/455951,445
G06F2009/45571,390
H04L67/10933
G06F9/5077891

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Vmware Inc have in patentsdb?
Vmware Inc is linked to 9,938 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Vmware Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (7,972); Electricity (5,358); Cross-Sectional Technologies (214).
Is Vmware Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 708 in 2024 and 113 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Vmware Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.