INSIGHT 01Fact
45%
45% of applications are in Digital communication
515 applications in this field, 439 of them in IPC H04L (Digital transmission) — the main axis of the portfolio.
Method: Field applications ÷ applications with IPC
Company patentsSemiconductors and infrastructure software
COMPANY PATENT INTELLIGENCE
Broadcom Patent Portfolio Analysis
Explore publications from separately reviewed Avago and VMware entities across semiconductor and infrastructure software technologies.
Partial name or date coverage · counts are lower boundsData as of 2026-10-29Data scope
- Search jurisdictions
- Worldwide
- Applicant-name basis
- Dataset-harmonized assignees (not verified current owners)
- Source search matches
- 1,230
- Published 2025-01-01 — 2025-12-31 · Source Google Patents
- Applicant names included in these statistics
- AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID · AVAGO TECH INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD · VMWARE INC · VMWARE LLC
- Publication dates collected
- Not recorded in this snapshot
- Reviewed names not covered
- AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED · VMWARE INC.
≥1,230docs
103 per month · peak 2025-01 (207)
Empty dashed outlines are uncollected periods, not zero. Dashed bars have partial name or date coverage.
01Key figures
- Applications
- 1,140
- By application number; publication and grant count once
- Invention
- 1,112
- 98% of applications
- Utility model
- 0
- 0% of applications
- Patent families
- 826
- By the source family ID
- Green technology
- —
- The source has no CPC codes
- Concentration
- 0.41HHI
- Sum of squared field shares; higher is more concentrated
02Technology landscape
1,140 applications with IPC codes are mapped to 35 fields using the WIPO IPC–Technology Concordance; area is the number of applications. Select a tile to see its IPC subclasses. An application can belong to several fields.
- Electrical engineering
- Instruments
03Rhythm
Publications per month in each field; brighter cells mean more. It shows which directions surge in particular months.
This chart covers collected documents published from 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31. Examination and publication processes affect this timing; it does not directly measure R&D investment in the same period.
| Technology field | 25-01 | 25-02 | 25-03 | 25-04 | 25-05 | 25-06 | 25-07 | 25-08 | 25-09 | 25-10 | 25-11 | 25-12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital communication | 82 | 48 | 61 | 68 | 37 | 36 | 39 | 36 | 37 | 51 | 41 | 30 |
| Computer technology | 113 | 27 | 73 | 93 | 33 | 33 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 26 |
| Basic communication processes | 14 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 7 |
| Semiconductors | 14 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 4 |
| Telecommunications | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Audio-visual technology | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Measurement | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Filing years of the collected applications
Documents in the current publication window are deduplicated by application number and grouped by filing year. These are not the company's complete annual filings; older applications may only be published or granted within this window.
- 20051
- 20101
- 20112
- 20122
- 20131
- 20141
- 20151
- 20162
- 20176
- 20186
- 20199
- 202012
- 202150
- 2022125
- 2023423
- 2024362
- 2025136Publication lag may still apply
Invention applications are generally published about 18 months after filing, or priority where claimed, and may be published earlier. Flags are estimated as of 2026-10-29. An unflagged year is still not necessarily complete; these counts cannot establish growth or contraction in R&D.
Multi-year evolution · With a longer collection window, this becomes a yearly view that marks the fastest-growing and shrinking fields.
04Strategy profile
Four reproducible structural ratios, with the other published companies on the same scale. Entity scopes and windows can differ, so read relative positions only — this is not a ranking.
Concentration
0.410.000.94
Position 15 of 20 published companies.
Method: Sum of squared field shares
Utility model share
0%0%33%
Position 9 of 20 published companies.
Method: Utility model documents ÷ all documents
Green technology share
—The source has no CPC codes, so this cannot be computed.
Method: Documents with CPC Y02 ÷ documents with CPC
Manufacturing and inspection share
2.5%0%50%
Position 11 of 20 published companies.
Method: Applications in measurement, chemical engineering, handling and machine tools ÷ all applications
05Collaboration
Organisations that filed jointly with the collected entities; line weight represents joint applications. Name-based candidates and reviewed relationships are labeled separately. Co-applications alone do not prove ownership.
BROADCOM INT PTE LTD1Other co-applicant · relationship unverified
NICIRA INC1Other co-applicant · relationship unverified
OMNISSA LLC1Other co-applicant · relationship unverified
VELOCLOUD NETWORKS LLC1Other co-applicant · relationship unverified
VMWARE INFORMATION TECH CHINA CO LTD1Other co-applicant · relationship unverified
YU ZIBIN1Other co-applicant · relationship unverified
Possible affiliation is a review lead only. Co-applicants without a review record are not automatically group members or external partners, and their independent filings are not added to these statistics.
Review the entity list06Entities and scope
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Showing 2 of 2 entities
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
SubsidiaryVerifiedSome names covered
- Names collected in this snapshot
- AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID · AVAGO TECH INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD
- Names outside this snapshot
- Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
- Recorded relationship dates
- Not recorded — Not recorded
2025官方Exhibit21.1列为重要子公司；标准名LID由原始完整名称交叉核对，不作为新的法人。
Review evidenceVMware LLC
SubsidiaryVerifiedSome names covered
- Names collected in this snapshot
- VMware LLC · VMWARE INC
- Names outside this snapshot
- VMware Inc.
- Recorded relationship dates
- Not recorded — Not recorded
2025官方子公司表确认VMware LLC；2023-11-22 SEC文件确认由VMware Inc转换为LLC。
Review evidenceRelationship dates help interpret renaming, acquisitions and joint ventures. Missing dates do not establish an indefinite relationship or verify the current patent owner.
07Publication jurisdictions
8 publication offices · 1,230 documents
Counts use the publication office of each collected document, retaining publications from the same family in different jurisdictions. This is not a map of complete families, granted or active rights; WO and EP denote international and European publication routes.
- USUnited States843
- EPEuropean Patent Office publication341
- DEGermany24
- JPJapan12
- CNChina6
- WOPCT international publication2
- ESSpain1
- ILIsrael1
08Documents
1,230 published documentsNewest first
- EP4636563A3
Invention publication
2025-12-10Method for generating firmware-dedicated storage protocol queues for virtual disks
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Computer technology
- EP4660742A1
Invention publication
2025-12-10Systems and methods for inrush current control in voltage regulators
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energyControl
- EP4660772A1
Invention publication
2025-12-10Raid-on-chip devices and clusters
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Computer technology
- EP4660773A1
Invention publication
2025-12-10Capability negotiation and intelligent workload management among raid-on-chip devices in a cluster
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Computer technology
- US12494796B2
Invention grant
2025-12-09Circuit and method for operating an analog-to-digital converter in multiple modes using ring oscillators
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Basic communication processes
- US12494797B2
Invention grant
2025-12-09System and method for analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with repressed input current
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Basic communication processes
- US12494958B2
Invention grant
2025-12-09Systems for and methods for overlapping downlink transmissions
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Digital communication
- US12495003B2
Invention grant
2025-12-09Bandwidth utilization-based congestion control
VMware LLC
Digital communication
- JP2025178159A
Invention publication
2025-12-05System and method for improving access point detection using dynamic dwell time
AVAGO TECH INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD
Digital communication
- DE602005053100C5
Other
2025-12-04Auf spätem nachhall basierte synthese von hörszenarien
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Audio-visual technologyComputer technology
- US2025370498A1
Invention publication
2025-12-04Synchronization of multiple clock dividers by using lower-frequency clocks and slipping cycles
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Computer technology
- US2025373540A1
Invention publication
2025-12-04Multipath routing in a network device using multistage comparator-based modulo circuits
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Digital communication
- US2025373554A1
Invention publication
2025-12-04Network-aware load balancing
VMware LLC
Digital communication
- US2025373784A1
Invention publication
2025-12-04Control of memory bandwidth consumption of affine mode in versatile video coding
AVAGO TECH INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD
Audio-visual technology
- EP4492229B1
Invention grant
2025-12-03Securely persisting information across system reboots
VMware LLC
Computer technology
- EP4617741A3
Invention publication
2025-12-03Fabrication-tolerant planar optical wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Optics
- EP4657783A1
Invention publication
2025-12-03Systems and methods for providing multiple code rates in multi-antenna communication systems
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
TelecommunicationsDigital communication
- EP4657823A1
Invention publication
2025-12-03Multipath routing in a network device using multistage comparator-based modulo circuits
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Digital communication
- US12487832B2
Invention grant
2025-12-02System and method for software state management
AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID
Computer technology
- US12487843B2
Invention grant
2025-12-02Data protection for control planes in a virtualized computer system
VMWARE INC / VMware LLC
Digital communicationComputer technology
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09Method and sources
Counting units
Publications are deduplicated by publication number; applications by application number, so a publication and its grant count once; families by the source family ID. Technology fields are derived automatically from IPC codes using the WIPO IPC–Technology Concordance (March 2026), without manual or AI labeling.
Publication or grant documents do not establish current rights. Check legal status and current owners with the relevant patent office.
Entity scope
These statistics use only the applicant names and publication dates collected for this snapshot. They do not represent the full company or group portfolio.
- Search jurisdictions
- Worldwide
- Applicant-name basis
- Dataset-harmonized assignees (not verified current owners)
- Applicant names included in these statistics
- AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID · AVAGO TECH INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD · VMWARE INC · VMWARE LLC
- Reviewed names not covered
- AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED · VMWARE INC.
Current entity configuration and review evidence
The reviewed entities and aliases below describe the current company configuration. Only names listed above are covered by this snapshot.
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
Configured aliases: AVAGO TECH INT SALES PTE LID · AVAGO TECH INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE LTD
Original review note: 2025官方Exhibit21.1列为重要子公司；标准名LID由原始完整名称交叉核对，不作为新的法人。
Review evidenceVMware LLC
Configured aliases: VMware Inc. · VMWARE INC · VMware LLC
Original review note: 2025官方子公司表确认VMware LLC；2023-11-22 SEC文件确认由VMware Inc转换为LLC。
Review evidenceData sources
- Google Patents · PartialPublished 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31 · retrieved 2026-10-29 · 1,230 included · 0 out of scopeSource and terms
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