Company Analysis

Quantum Corporation (QMCO)

Nasdaq: QMCO · Computer Storage Devices · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade1.8
◀ Past 0.5● Present 1.9▶ Future 3.0
1 est.

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

996 patents granted to the 4 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 Quantum Corporation’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
996
956 utility, 38 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
6
Against 13 in 2024 and 23 in 2023
Applications published
387
2 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Computer technology41
Audio-visual technology21
Basic communication processes4
Medical technology3
Telecommunications3
IT methods for management2
Civil engineering2
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
Quantum Corporation its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
943 granted
245 published
Quantum Corporation its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
126 published
Certance LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
31 granted
15 published
Advanced Digital Information Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
22 granted
1 published
Names not counted (10)
Diamond Corporation
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in FR. 32 granted and 5 published under it are not counted.
Quantum Global Technologies LLC
PatentsView's organization Quantum Global Technologies LLC is another company: its 19 patents print Dublin, Pennsylvania and cover cleaning semiconductor process equipment, the newest, Electrochemical removal of tantalum-containing materials, granted Jun 30, 2015. QUANTUM CORP /DE/ files from Colorado, and nothing in its record ties it to this owner, whose name only adds a patent-holding word to the company's.. 19 granted and 8 published under it are not counted.
QUANTUM CORP /DE/
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 19 published under it are not counted.
Certance LLC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 7 published under it are not counted.
QUANTUM IP, LLC
PatentsView's organization QUANTUM IP, LLC is another company: its 7 patents print Stuart, Florida and cover radio-frequency material detection, the newest, RF transmit and receiver antenna detector system, granted Oct 28, 2025. QUANTUM CORP /DE/ files from Colorado, and nothing in its record ties it to this owner, whose name only adds a patent-holding word to the company's.. 7 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
QUANTUM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
PatentsView's organization Quantum Global Technologies LLC is another company: its 19 patents print Dublin, Pennsylvania and cover cleaning semiconductor process equipment, the newest, Electrochemical removal of tantalum-containing materials, granted Jun 30, 2015. QUANTUM CORP /DE/ files from Colorado, and nothing in its record ties it to this owner, whose name only adds a patent-holding word to the company's.. 0 granted and 4 published under it are not counted.
Diamond Corporation
Most of its patents print CH; this name counts in FR. 0 granted and 3 published under it are not counted.
Quantum Development, Inc.
PatentsView's organization Quantum Development, Inc. is another company: its 3 patents print Claymont, Delaware and Carson City, Nevada and cover software for numeric problems and a chess game, the newest, Composite chess game and method, granted Apr 30, 1996. QUANTUM CORP /DE/ files from Colorado, and nothing in its record ties it to this owner, whose name only adds a patent-holding word to the company's.. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Quantum IP Holdings Pty Limited
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 1 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
QUANTUM IP HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Sep 16, 202512,417,015Removable media based object storeComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Jun 10, 202512,328,383Secure transmission of electronic health records via blockchainComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
May 20, 202512,307,537System and method for making patient records follow a physicianMedical technologyQuantum Corporation
Mar 11, 202512,249,428Wellness monitoring by measurement of incidental routineComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Feb 25, 202512,238,169Network attached device for accessing removable storage mediaComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Feb 25, 202512,236,124System and method for defining files on disk to be written to tape in a specified mannerComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Dec 24, 202412,175,852Remote distress monitorComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Nov 26, 202412,154,592Automated system and method for diagnosing tape drive and media issues within large-scale tape library systemAudio-visual technologyQuantum Corporation
Oct 15, 202412,116,828Insulated window and door opening assemblies with high-density insulating coresCivil engineeringQuantum Corporation
Sep 24, 202412,099,754System and method for storing and retrieving objects across multiple mediaComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Aug 28, 20252025/0273241CAMERA-GUIDED RETRIEVAL ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITHIN MEDIA LIBRARYAudio-visual technologyQuantum Corporation
Jan 16, 20252025/0024162SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE INTERNAL STATE OF A MEDIA LIBRARYAudio-visual technologyQuantum Corporation
Oct 3, 20242024/0329834ERASURE ENCODING USING ZONE SETSComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Dec 14, 20232023/0399195SELF-CONTAINED SEALED REFURBISHABLE TAPE BULK STORAGE SYSTEMAudio-visual technologyQuantum Corporation
Nov 23, 20232023/0374845INSULATED WINDOW AND DOOR OPENING ASSEMBLIES WITH HIGH-DENSITY INSULATING CORESCivil engineeringQuantum Corporation · patent 12,116,828 granted from it
Sep 28, 20232023/0308776SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE INTERNAL STATE OF A MEDIA LIBRARYAudio-visual technologyQuantum Corporation
Sep 28, 20232023/0306005SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING DATA IN A BACK-UP APPLIANCE USING SHALLOW METADATA COPYINGComputer technologyQuantum Corporation
Aug 24, 20232023/0267951SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WRITING DATA TO TAPE AND READING DATA FROM TAPE USING A RESTFUL INTERFACEComputer technologyQuantum Corporation · patent 11,961,541 granted from it
Aug 17, 20232023/0259296SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING FILES ON DISK TO BE WRITTEN TO TAPE IN A SPECIFIED MANNERComputer technologyQuantum Corporation · patent 12,236,124 granted from it
Aug 17, 20232023/0259278REMOVABLE MEDIA BASED OBJECT STOREComputer technologyQuantum Corporation · patent 12,417,015 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Audio-visual technology 2 · Computer technology 1.

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.

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