Where does Amazon Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Amazon Technologies, Inc. ranks #14 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 Amazon Technologies, Inc. hold?

Amazon Technologies, Inc. holds 20,125 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 294 technology areas.

What is Amazon Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Amazon Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 75.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Amazon Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Amazon Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 10,217 patents, ranking #7 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 294 CPC subclasses total.

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

Amazon Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +1% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Amazon Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Amazon Technologies, 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

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20,125 granted patents across 294 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, Amazon ranks #14 of 49,997 US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20,125 patents across 294 technology areas.

#14
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (75.9/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +1%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14 · US Corporation #14 · 20,125 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 20K grants
TOP-DECILE #14/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Sony Group
CPC-BROAD G06F · 294 areas
INNOV-STRONG 75.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +1% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sony Group Corporation (±468 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 Amazon’s 75.9 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 34.2 pts (45%) Velocity 5.0 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Marvell Asia PTE · near

76
Amazon · this assignee

76
Exxon Mobil… · near

76
Geotab · near

76
Microsoft Technology… · near

76
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Amazon's Innovation Score is 75.9/100 (top 1% 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 Amazon?

Each dot is one of Amazon’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). Amazon’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Amazon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Amazon Technologies, Inc. received 9,544 grants versus 9,486 in 2015–2019 (+1% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 2,535 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 1,160. Lead class G06F accounts for 50.8% of the portfolio across 294 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Google LLC (#10) and Micron Technology, Inc. (#18).

Amazon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Amazon Technologies, Inc. moved from 6,914 to 5,165 grants (0.75x 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 #1,997. See the growth leaderboard.

Google

24,290
Huawei

23,942
Toyota Jidosha

21,526
Sony Group

20,593
Amazon ◀

20,125
Ford Global

18,527
BOE Technology Gr…

18,263
Telefonaktiebolag…

15,598
Micron Technology

15,200

What this shows Amazon holds 20,125 patents at rank #14, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Amazon

By rank, the assignees closest to #14 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Amazon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Amazon ranks #7 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (76 here).

Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company 76 Geotab Inc. 76 Marvell Asia PTE Ltd 76 Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 76

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Carnegie Mellon University 19.6 avg Biogen MA Inc. 19.6 avg Aviat U.S., Inc. 19.6 avg Entropic Communications, LLC 19.6 avg

Amazon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

76 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Amazon Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1,160	5.8%
2016	1,703	8.5%
2017	2,000	9.9%
2018	2,088	10.4%
2019	2,535	12.6%
2020	2,360	11.7%
2021	2,019	10.0%
2022	1,953	9.7%
2023	1,669	8.3%
2024	1,543	7.7%
2025partial year	1,095	5.4%

Which technologies does Amazon Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10,217

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6,420

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 2,993

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1,729

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1,661

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1,480

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1,136

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1,133

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1,041

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 503

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 486

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 486

H04M - Telephonic Communication 437

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 399

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 397

Top 15 of 294 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Amazon Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 50.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #14 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Amazon Technologies, Inc. against Google LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 75.9/100 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

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