Where does Absolute Software Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Absolute Software Corporation ranks #13,276 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Absolute Software Corporation hold?

Absolute Software Corporation holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Absolute Software Corporation's Innovation Score?

Absolute Software Corporation has an Innovation Score of 50.9 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Absolute Software Corporation focus on?

Absolute Software Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 19 patents, ranking #2,171 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Absolute Software Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Absolute Software Corporation's recent grant velocity is -57% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Absolute Software Corporation's patents?

Absolute Software Corporation's patents average 17.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Absolute Software Corporation patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Absolute Software Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Absolute ranks #13,276 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 7 technology areas.

#13,276
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.9/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13276 · Foreign Corporation #13,276 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,276/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acorns Grow…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acorns Grow Incorporated (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Absolute’s 50.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.8 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 9.4 pts (18%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Absolute Software · this assignee

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What this shows Absolute's Innovation Score is 50.9/100 (top 12% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Absolute?

Each dot is one of Absolute’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Absolute’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Absolute vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Absolute's grants concentrate

Absolute Software Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 86.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Absolute sits between Association Institut DE Myologie and Affinity Tool Works, LLC.

Absolute's three-year grant acceleration

Absolute Software Corporation shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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Absolute Software ◀

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What this shows Absolute holds 22 patents at rank #13,292, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Absolute

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,292 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Absolute's primary technology class.

Absolute's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Absolute Software Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	36.4%
2016	4	18.2%
2017	2	9.1%
2022	3	13.6%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	1	4.5%
2025partial year	2	9.1%

Which technologies does Absolute Software Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Absolute Software Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Absolute Software Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 86.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #13,276 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Absolute Software Corporation against Association Institut DE Myologie, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.