Splunk has a total of 1319 patents globally, out of which 976 have been granted. Of these 1319 patents, more than 95% patents are active. United States of America is where Splunk has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and Australia, it has generated an annual revenue of $2.359 Billion in the year 2020. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Splunk.
Splunk was founded in the year 2003 by Michael Baum, Rob Das, and Erik Swan. Company is doing business in producing software for searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated data via a Web-style interface. As of December 2021, Splunk has a market cap of $17.59 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Splunk which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Splunk’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Splunk’s patent portfolio.
How many patents does Splunk have?
Splunk has a total of 1319 patents globally. These patents belong to 375 unique patent families. Out of 1319 patents, 1256 patents are active.
How many Splunk patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Splunk File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Splunk Applications Filed | Splunk Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 |
| 2012 | 32 | 2 |
| 2013 | 34 | 13 |
| 2014 | 101 | 30 |
| 2015 | 194 | 49 |
| 2016 | 140 | 44 |
| 2017 | 201 | 79 |
| 2018 | 180 | 103 |
| 2019 | 196 | 167 |
| 2020 | 131 | 212 |
| 2021 | 89 | 276 |
How Many Patents did Splunk File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Splunk Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 1224 |
| Europe | 22 |
| Australia | 15 |
| China | 8 |
| Japan | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 5 |
| Canada | 4 |
| Korea (South) | 2 |
| India | 2 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Splunk Patents Located?
10 Best Splunk Patents
US9471969B2 is the most popular patent in the Splunk portfolio. It has received 435 citations so far from companies like Yahoo!, Adobe and General Electric.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Splunk:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US9516053B1 | 435 |
| US8112425B2 | 277 |
| US20140324862A1 | 217 |
| US8682925B1 | 211 |
| US8412696B2 | 186 |
| US8589403B2 | 176 |
| US8806361B1 | 167 |
| US9215240B2 | 147 |
| US20150019537A1 | 137 |
| US8788525B2 | 131 |
Which Companies are using Splunk Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the Splunk patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft and Cisco.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| IBM | 107 |
| Microsoft | 55 |
| Cisco | 31 |
| SAP | 30 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank | 24 |
| Oracle | 22 |
| Servicenow | 20 |
| Salesforcecom | 19 |
| Vmware | 17 |
| Amazon | 15 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Splunk Patents
Top Splunk Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US9516053B1 | 39 |
| US9324022B2 | 30 |
| US8112425B2 | 28 |
| US9437022B2 | 23 |
| US10419450B2 | 19 |
| US20140324862A1 | 16 |
| US10110617B2 | 14 |
| US10205735B2 | 12 |
| US10007710B2 | 11 |
| US9922102B2 | 11 |
What Percentage of Splunk US Patent Applications were Granted?
Splunk (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 1157 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 910 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 95.79%.
Below are the key stats of Splunk patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Splunk?
| Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
| Shook Hardy & Bacon L L P | 269 | 96.46% |
| Perkins Coie Llp Splunk Inc | 155 | 97.81% |
| Knobbe Martens Olsen & Bear Llp Splk | 142 | 96.36% |
| Ndwe Llp Splunk Inc | 118 | 97.89% |
| Lowenstein Sandler Llp Splunk | 104 | 95.74% |
| Artegis Law Group Llp Splunk Inc | 95 | 95.83% |
| Splunk Inc C O Murabito Hao & Barnes Llp | 58 | 97.67% |
| Fbfk Splunk | 42 | 94.74% |
| Mcdermott Will & Emery Llp Splunk | 24 | 100.00% |
| Splunk Inc | 15 | 100.00% |
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What are Splunk key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Splunk?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Splunk in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Splunk thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Splunk search focus changed over the years?
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