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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ansys, Inc. ranks #2,094 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 Ansys, Inc. hold?

Ansys, Inc. holds 188 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Ansys, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ansys, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.2 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ansys, Inc. focus on?

Ansys, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 163 patents. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

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

Ansys, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +297% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Ansys, Inc.'s patents average 20.5 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 Ansys, 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

Ansys, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 188 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, Ansys ranks #2,094 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 188 patents across 44 technology areas.

#2,094
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.2/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: +297%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2094 · US Corporation #2,094 · 188 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 188 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,094/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Avision
CPC-WIDE G06F · 44 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +297% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Avision Inc. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Japan Tobacco · near

63
Ansys · this assignee

63
Ingersoll-Rand… · near

63
Parker-Hannifin · near

63
Renesas · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ansys's Innovation Score is 63.2/100 (top 2% 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.

Where Ansys's grants concentrate

Ansys, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (31 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2017. By volume, Ansys sits between Okuma Corporation and Fujimi Incorporated.

Ansys's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ansys, Inc. moved from 62 to 87 grants (1.40x 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 #520. See the growth leaderboard.

Okuma

189
Polycom

189
Reckitt Benckiser…

189
Tyco Japan G K

189
Avision

188
B Braun Melsungen

188
Beijing Jingdong…

188
Fujimi Incorporat…

188
Ansys ◀

188

What this shows Ansys holds 188 patents at rank #2,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ansys

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,094 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ansys, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. 63 Japan Tobacco Inc. 63 Parker-Hannifin Corporation 63 Renesas Electronics Corporation 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.5 here).

BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH 20.5 avg Shifamed Holdings, LLC 20.5 avg Coherent Logix, Incorporated 20.5 avg IonQ, Inc. 20.5 avg

Ansys's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ansys, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	2.1%
2018	11	5.9%
2019	18	9.6%
2020	25	13.3%
2021	19	10.1%
2022	29	15.4%
2023	27	14.4%
2024	31	16.5%
2025partial year	24	12.8%

Which technologies does Ansys, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 163

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 34

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 21

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

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 6

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

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 6

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 5

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 3

H04B - Transmission 3

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 3

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,094

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Ansys, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,094 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ansys, Inc. against Okuma Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.2/100 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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