Company Analysis

Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAV)

Nasdaq: VIAV · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Chandler, AZ · filing with the SEC since 1996
Grade6.0
◀ Past 6.3● Present 6.1▶ Future 5.7

Patents

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

1,752 patents granted to the 17 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 Viavi Solutions Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
1,752
1,749 utility, 2 reissue, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
134
Against 105 in 2024 and 105 in 2023
Applications published
1,422
131 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
17
its own name, a former 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
Measurement143
Optics99
Digital communication76
Telecommunications68
Computer technology24
Other consumer goods23
Basic materials chemistry19
Medical technology15
Surface technology, coating14
Audio-visual technology9
Semiconductors8
Basic communication processes7
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name17 counted
VIAVI Solutions Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
731 granted
417 published
JDS Uniphase Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 137 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA, printed in GB)
731 granted
406 published
VIAVI Solutions Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
458 published
Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
142 granted
8 published
Acterna LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
49 granted
44 published
VIAVI Solutions UK Limited a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
42 granted
0 published
JDS Uniphase Corporation a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
35 published
VIAVI SOLUTIONS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH a subsidiary
DE, as the owner printed on each patent
17 granted
11 published
Viavi Solutions France SAS a subsidiary
FR, as the owner printed on each patent
13 granted
15 published
Uniphase Corporation a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
24 granted
0 published
Viavi Solutions UK Limited a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
20 published
Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc., a JDS Uniphase Company a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
5 published
Inertial Labs, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
0 published
JDS Uniphase Corporation, a corporation of the State of Delaware a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc, a Delaware Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
1 published
VIAVI SOLUTIONS SUZHOU CO., LTD. a subsidiary
CN, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Viavi Solutions Suzhou Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CN
0 granted
1 published
Names not counted (3)
Flex Co., Ltd.
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in CN. 156 granted and 46 published under it are not counted.
Flex Co., Ltd.
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in CN. 0 granted and 149 published under it are not counted.
JDS UNIPHASE CORP /CA/
Most of its patents print AU; this name counts in US. 3 granted and 0 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Optics 61 · Measurement 49 · Telecommunications 38 · Digital communication 36 · Computer technology 18 · Other consumer goods 11.

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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