Broadcom Inc. (AVGO)
Nasdaq: AVGO · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Palo Alto, CA · filing with the SEC since 2018
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Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 202618,930 patents granted to the 9 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Broadcom Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
18,930
18,908 utility, 13 design, 9 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
325
Against 537 in 2024 and 825 in 2023
Applications published
16,617
505 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
9
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Digital communication1,549
Computer technology1,454
Basic communication processes65
Audio-visual technology43
Semiconductors28
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy27
Telecommunications23
IT methods for management12
Measurement12
Control5
Optics3
Medical technology1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name9 counted
Broadcom Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 82 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB, printed in CA)
7,287 published
VMware LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in DE)
1,868 published
VMware, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
4,674 published
CA, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP)
594 published
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent. 14 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in CN)
260 published
Broadcom Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
620 published
CA, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
537 published
Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in SG
408 published
Broadcom Corporation, a California Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
369 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392963 | MARKER SEQUENCES FOR EXTENDED LONG RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS | Digital communication | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392332 | DAC DRIVER WITH OUTPUT-BASED CALIBRATION | Telecommunications | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385871 | SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CLASSIFICATION RELATED TO COMMUNICATION NETWORKS | Computer technology | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385153 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | Semiconductors | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384714 | FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICES | Computer technology | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0379852 | CROSS CLUSTER CONNECTIVITY | Computer technology | VMware, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0377797 | RAID-on-Chip Devices and Clusters | Computer technology | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0377788 | Capability Negotiation and Intelligent Workload Management among RAID-on-Chip Devices in a Cluster | Computer technology | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0377680 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INRUSH CURRENT CONTROL IN VOLTAGE REGULATORS | Control | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0373784 | CONTROL OF MEMORY BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION OF AFFINE MODE IN VERSATILE VIDEO CODING | Audio-visual technology | Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 585 · Digital communication 487 · Basic communication processes 79 · Semiconductors 53 · Telecommunications 27 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 21.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.