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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BMC Software, Inc. ranks #1,676 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 BMC Software, Inc. hold?

BMC Software, Inc. holds 245 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is BMC Software, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BMC Software, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.1 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does BMC Software, Inc. focus on?

BMC Software, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 220 patents, ranking #287 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

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

BMC Software, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -24% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

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

BMC Software, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 BMC 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

BMC Software, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 245 granted patents across 14 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, BMC ranks #1,676 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 245 patents across 14 technology areas.

#1,676
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.1/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1676 · US Corporation #1,676 · 245 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 245 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,676/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Architecture…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Architecture Technology 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 BMC’s 49.1 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 19.0 pts (39%) Velocity 5.0 pts (10%) Breadth 13.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BMC Software · this assignee

49
Lunit · near

49
OBP Surgical · near

49
Unconventional Gas… · near

49
Verisilicon… · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BMC's Innovation Score is 49.1/100 (top 15% 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 BMC?

Each dot is one of BMC’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). BMC’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where BMC's grants concentrate

BMC Software, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 89.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (38 grants) versus a trough of 13 in 2023. By volume, BMC sits between iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. and Shenzhen University.

BMC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, BMC Software, Inc. moved from 72 to 54 grants (0.75x 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 #1,993. See the growth leaderboard.

iheart Media Mana…

247
Symrise

246
University of Cin…

246
Architecture Tech…

245
Denso Wave Incorp…

245
Kandou Labs

245
Microstrategy Inc…

245
Shenzhen Universi…

245
BMC Software ◀

245

What this shows BMC holds 245 patents at rank #1,676, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near BMC

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,676 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BMC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), BMC ranks #287 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Lunit Inc. 49 Verisilicon Microelectronics (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. 49 Unconventional Gas Solutions, LLC 49 OBP Surgical Corporation 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Tribune Broadcasting Company, LLC 19.7 avg Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. 19.7 avg Mertec, LLC 19.7 avg Hypres, Inc. 19.7 avg

BMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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BMC Software, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	38	15.5%
2016	25	10.2%
2017	34	13.9%
2018	14	5.7%
2019	24	9.8%
2020	31	12.7%
2021	17	6.9%
2022	20	8.2%
2023	13	5.3%
2024	21	8.6%
2025partial year	8	3.3%

Which technologies does BMC Software, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 220

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 75

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 39

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 20

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 4

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

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

BMC Software, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 89.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,676 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BMC Software, Inc. against iHeart Media Management Services, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.1/100 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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