Where does Appian Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Appian Corporation ranks #11,165 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 Appian Corporation hold?

Appian Corporation holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Appian Corporation's Innovation Score?

Appian Corporation has an Innovation Score of 50.2 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Appian Corporation focus on?

Appian Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 26 patents, ranking #1,666 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Appian Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Appian Corporation's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Appian Corporation's patents?

Appian Corporation's patents average 19.3 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 Appian 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 US Corporation

Appian Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 4 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Appian ranks #11,165 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 4 technology areas.

#11,165
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.2/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11165 · US Corporation #11,165 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,165/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ameristar Perimeter…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ameristar Perimeter Security USA 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.

How Appian’s 50.2 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 11.5 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 7.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Appian · this assignee

50
Diehl AKO Stiftung… · near

50
ÉCOLE Polytechnique… · near

50
Harris Global… · near

50
Molten Metal… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Appian's Innovation Score is 50.2/100 (top 13% 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 Appian?

Each dot is one of Appian’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). Appian’s own 19.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Appian's grants concentrate

Appian Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 96.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Appian sits between Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc. and Asetek Danmark A/S.

Appian's three-year grant acceleration

Appian Corporation shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Ameristar Perimet…

27
Ampt

27
Ancra Internation…

27
Appareo Systems

27
Aqseptence Group

27
Arete Associates

27
Arianegroup

27
Asetek Danmark A/S

27
Appian ◀

27

What this shows Appian holds 27 patents at rank #11,167, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Appian

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,167 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Appian, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Appian ranks #1,666 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

ÉCOLE Polytechnique FÉDÉRALE DE Lausanne 50 Harris Global Communications, Inc. 50 Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG 50 Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC 50

Appian's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Appian Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	3.7%
2017	1	3.7%
2019	2	7.4%
2020	1	3.7%
2021	1	3.7%
2022	5	18.5%
2023	5	18.5%
2024	8	29.6%
2025partial year	3	11.1%

Which technologies does Appian Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 26

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

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 1

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Appian Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 96.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #11,165 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Appian Corporation against Ameristar Perimeter Security USA Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.2/100 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

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.