Where does Bentley Systems, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bentley Systems, Incorporated ranks #2,754 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 Bentley Systems, Incorporated hold?

Bentley Systems, Incorporated holds 140 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 34 technology areas.

What is Bentley Systems, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Bentley Systems, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 58.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bentley Systems, Incorporated focus on?

Bentley Systems, Incorporated's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 92 patents, ranking #584 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 34 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bentley Systems, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bentley Systems, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +42% 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 Bentley Systems, Incorporated's patents?

Bentley Systems, Incorporated's patents average 20.3 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 Bentley Systems, Incorporated 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

Bentley Systems, Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 140 granted patents across 34 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, Bentley ranks #2,754 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 140 patents across 34 technology areas.

#2,754
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.5/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: +42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2754 · US Corporation #2,754 · 140 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 140 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,754/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ambu A/S
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 34 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ambu A/S (±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 Bentley’s 58.5 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 17.1 pts (29%) Velocity 8.6 pts (15%) Breadth 20.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bentley Systems… · this assignee

58
China Mobile… · near

58
Auburn University · near

58
Pegatron · near

58
Worcester Polytechni… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bentley's Innovation Score is 58.5/100 (top 4% 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 Bentley?

Each dot is one of Bentley’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). Bentley’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Bentley's grants concentrate

Bentley Systems, Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 34 CPC subclasses with 65.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, Bentley sits between Ambu A/S and Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation.

Bentley's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bentley Systems, Incorporated moved from 38 to 49 grants (1.29x 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 #657. See the growth leaderboard.

Ambu A/S

140
Amicus Therapeuti…

140
Assa Abloy Entran…

140
Bobst MEX

140
Chunghwa Picture…

140
Electricite DE Fr…

140
Elta Systems

140
Kookmin Universit…

140
Bentley Systems I… ◀

140

What this shows Bentley holds 140 patents at rank #2,755, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bentley

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,755 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bentley, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Bentley ranks #584 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd Research Institute 58 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 58 Auburn University 58 Pegatron Corporation 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.3 here).

Symbotic LLC 20.3 avg Polaris Wireless, Inc. 20.3 avg Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. 20.3 avg 8ME Nova, LLC 20.3 avg

Bentley's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Bentley Systems, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	5.0%
2016	7	5.0%
2017	9	6.4%
2018	11	7.9%
2019	16	11.4%
2020	6	4.3%
2021	16	11.4%
2022	17	12.1%
2023	14	10.0%
2024	18	12.9%
2025partial year	19	13.6%

Which technologies does Bentley Systems, Incorporated patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 92

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 72

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 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 12

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 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 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 4

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 3

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 3

Top 15 of 34 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

Bentley Systems, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 65.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,754 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bentley Systems, Incorporated against Ambu A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.5/100 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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