Where does Bottomline Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bottomline Technologies, Inc. ranks #4,607 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 Bottomline Technologies, Inc. hold?

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Bottomline Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bottomline Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Bottomline Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 46 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Bottomline Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +550% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Bottomline Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 13.7 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 Bottomline Technologies, 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

Bottomline Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 13 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, Bottomline ranks #4,607 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 13 technology areas.

#4,607
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.0/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +550%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4607 · US Corporation #4,607 · 76 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,607/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Autonomous Solutions
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +550% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Autonomous Solutions, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bottomline · this assignee

56
Fujifilm Sonosite · near

56
Helen OF Troy · near

56
Jungheinrich · near

56
University of North… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bottomline's Innovation Score is 56.0/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Bottomline's grants concentrate

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (21 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Bottomline sits between Autonomous Solutions, Inc. and ConforMIS, Inc..

Bottomline's three-year grant acceleration

Bottomline Technologies, Inc. shows 52 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Autonomous Soluti…

76
Biotix

76
Bioverativ Therap…

76
Berkshire Grey

76
Cascades Canada U…

76
Caterpillar Globa…

76
Coherus Bioscienc…

76
Conformis

76
Bottomline ◀

76

What this shows Bottomline holds 76 patents at rank #4,607, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bottomline

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,607 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bottomline, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Jungheinrich AG 56 Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. 56 University of North Dakota 56 Helen OF Troy Limited 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

G.D S.P.A. 13.7 avg Kidde Technologies, Inc. 13.7 avg Square Enix Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg Ortho-clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 13.7 avg

Bottomline's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Bottomline Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	2.6%
2017	2	2.6%
2018	3	3.9%
2019	3	3.9%
2020	3	3.9%
2021	10	13.2%
2022	20	26.3%
2023	21	27.6%
2024	11	14.5%
2025partial year	1	1.3%

Which technologies does Bottomline Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 46

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 23

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G07D - Handling OF Coins OR Valuable Papers, e.g. Testing, Sorting BY Denominations, Counting, Dispensing, Changing OR Depositing 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,607

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.0 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Bottomline Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 60.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,607 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bottomline Technologies, Inc. against Autonomous Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.0/100 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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