Cluster Autoscaling Patents: Who Leads, Where the Gaps Are 2026
Cluster autoscaling and capacity planning patents: mapping who holds the claims
Filings grew 700% from 2021 to 2024, climbing from 1 record to 8 before the most recent, still-filling years. Filings moved from 0 in 2017 to a documented 8 in 2024, a +700% increase over that span. 2025 shows 14 records so far — the current peak year — but with an 18-month publication lag, that figure and 2026's 10 will both continue rising as later filings publish.
- 1CA TECH INC12
- 2HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEV LP10
- 3SNYK LTD6
- 4EMC IP HLDG CO LLC5
- 5ARIGATO MACHINE INC DBA MANIFOLD5
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Common questions about this landscape
How many patents cover cluster autoscaling and capacity planning?
This landscape covers 97 published records filed between 2015 and the 2026 data cut-off, matched against search terms spanning cluster autoscaling, capacity planning, workload forecasting, provisioning delay and related mechanics. That figure counts patent families in the assignee ranking, not raw document duplicates across jurisdictions. It is a scoped count tied to the specific search string used, not a total for container orchestration as a whole.
Who are the leading patent holders in cluster autoscaling?
The ranking spans 75 assignees across the 97 records in scope, with the leading assignee holding 12 records and the top 5 combined holding 39.2% of all records. That concentration drops off quickly: fifth place holds 5 records and tenth place holds 4, followed by a long tail of single- or double-filing entrants. No one company holds a dominant blocking position across the whole field.
Is patent filing in this space growing or slowing down?
Filings grew from 1 record in 2021 to 8 in 2024, a documented +700% increase over that three-year span, and 2024 is the most recent year that can be treated as complete data. Later years (2025 and 2026) show lower or partial counts, but that reflects the roughly 18-month lag between filing and publication rather than an actual slowdown. Read any apparent dip in the most recent one to two years with that lag in mind.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Cluster Autoscaling and Capacity Planning covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.