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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Block, Inc. ranks #1,005 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 Block, Inc. hold?

Block, Inc. holds 437 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Block, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Block, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 72.4 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%).

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

Block, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +3733% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Block, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Block, 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

Block, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Block, Inc. focus on?

Block, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 380 patents, ranking #45 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 437 granted patents across 33 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Block ranks #1,005 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 437 patents across 33 technology areas.

#1,005
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (72.4/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +3733%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1005 · US Corporation #1,005 · 437 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 437 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,005/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Advantest
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 33 areas
INNOV-STRONG 72.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +3733% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Advantest Corporation (±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 Block’s 72.4 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 21.0 pts (29%) Velocity 20.0 pts (28%) Breadth 20.3 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyundai Motor · near

73
Techtronic Cordless GP · near

72
Block · this assignee

72
Innovation · near

72
The Nielsen (US) · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Block's Innovation Score is 72.4/100 (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 Block?

Each dot is one of Block’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). Block’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Block's grants concentrate

Block, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 87% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (123 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Block sits between Vivint LLC and Hansgrohe SE.

Block's three-year grant acceleration

Block, Inc. shows 345 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Vivint

439
Knorr-bremse Syst…

438
Nuvoton Technology

438
Advantest

437
Harris

437
Block ◀

437
Glaxosmithkline B…

436
Ferrari S p A

435
Hansgrohe SE

435

What this shows Block holds 437 patents at rank #1,005, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Block

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,005 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Block, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Block ranks #45 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).

Techtronic Cordless GP 72 Innovation, LLC 72 The Nielsen Company (US), LLC 72 Hyundai Motor Company 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Micromass UK Limited 18.5 avg GM Cruise Holdings LLC 18.5 avg Ciena Corporation 18.5 avg Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. 18.5 avg

Block's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

72 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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Block, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	0.7%
2016	2	0.5%
2017	3	0.7%
2019	1	0.2%
2022	100	22.9%
2023	122	27.9%
2024	123	28.1%
2025partial year	83	19.0%

Which technologies does Block, Inc. patent most?

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 380

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 94

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 65

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 61

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 60

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 35

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 35

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 30

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 17

H04B - Transmission 13

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 5

Top 15 of 33 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

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

Block, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 87% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #1,005 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Block, Inc. against Vivint LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 72.4/100 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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