Where does Airbnb, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Airbnb, Inc. ranks #1,959 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 Airbnb, Inc. hold?

Airbnb, Inc. holds 205 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Airbnb, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Airbnb, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.8 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%).

Is Airbnb, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Airbnb, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +312% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Airbnb, Inc.'s patents?

Airbnb, Inc.'s patents average 12.5 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 Airbnb, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Airbnb, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Airbnb, Inc. focus on?

Airbnb, Inc.'s top technology area is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 82 patents, ranking #174 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 205 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Airbnb ranks #1,959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 205 patents across 20 technology areas.

#1,959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: +312%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1959 · US Corporation #1,959 · 205 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 205 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asml Holding
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +312% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asml Holding N.V. (±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 Airbnb’s 50.8 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 18.4 pts (36%) Velocity 9.1 pts (18%) Breadth 15.8 pts (31%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbnb · this assignee

51
Asahi Kasei Chemicals · near

51
Evonik Röhm · near

51
Lifetime Products · near

51
O&M Halyard · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Airbnb's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (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 Airbnb?

Each dot is one of Airbnb’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). Airbnb’s own 12.5 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Airbnb's grants concentrate

Airbnb, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (32 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Airbnb sits between Renishaw PLC and Crocs, Inc..

Airbnb's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Airbnb, Inc. moved from 67 to 91 grants (1.36x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #566. See the growth leaderboard.

Renishaw

206
Weber-stephen Pro…

206
Yanmar Power Tech…

206
Asml Holding

205
Beijing Voyager T…

205
Heraeus Deutschla…

205
Panasonic Automot…

205
Airbnb ◀

205
Crocs

204

What this shows Airbnb holds 205 patents at rank #1,960, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Airbnb

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,960 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Airbnb, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Airbnb ranks #174 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corporation 51 Lifetime Products, Inc. 51 Evonik Röhm GmbH 51 O&M Halyard, Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.5 here).

Syracuse University 12.5 avg Tokyo Electron Limited 12.5 avg Magneti Marelli S.p.A. 12.5 avg Klein Tools, Inc. 12.5 avg

Airbnb'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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Airbnb, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.5%
2017	5	2.4%
2018	10	4.9%
2019	18	8.8%
2020	17	8.3%
2021	32	15.6%
2022	30	14.6%
2023	31	15.1%
2024	30	14.6%
2025partial year	31	15.1%

Which technologies does Airbnb, Inc. patent most?

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 82

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 78

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 44

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 36

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 10

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 8

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 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 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Top 15 of 20 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

Airbnb, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Airbnb, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #1,959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Airbnb, Inc. against Renishaw PLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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

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