Where does Black Duck Software, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Black Duck Software, Inc. ranks #34,519 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 Black Duck Software, Inc. hold?

Black Duck Software, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Black Duck Software, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Black Duck Software, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.9 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Black Duck Software, Inc. focus on?

Black Duck Software, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 6 patents, ranking #5,405 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Black Duck Software, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Black Duck Software, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Black Duck Software, Inc.'s patents?

Black Duck Software, Inc.'s patents average 20.6 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 Black Duck Software, 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

Black Duck Software, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 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, Black ranks #34,519 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#34,519
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.9/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34519 · US Corporation #34,519 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,519/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bittium Wireless Oy
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bittium Wireless Oy (±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 Black’s 39.9 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 7.2 pts (18%) Velocity 13.3 pts (33%) Breadth 7.1 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Black Duck Software · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Black's Innovation Score is 39.9/100 (top 37% 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 Black?

Each dot is one of Black’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). Black’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Black's grants concentrate

Black Duck Software, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Black sits between Bittium Wireless Oy and Blackshark.ai GmbH.

Black's three-year grant acceleration

Black Duck Software, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Bittium Wireless…

7
Bizen Chemical

7
Blac-rac Manufact…

7
Blach Construction

7
Black Swan

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Blackdot

7
Blackjack Product…

7
Blackshark ai

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7

What this shows Black holds 7 patents at rank #34,554, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Black

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,554 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Black's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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Black Duck Software, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Black Duck Software, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

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

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 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

Black Duck Software, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Black Duck Software, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #34,519 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Black Duck Software, Inc. against Bittium Wireless Oy, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.9/100 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

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.