Where does C3.ai, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C3.ai, Inc. ranks #9,464 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 C3.ai, Inc. hold?

C3.ai, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is C3.ai, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

C3.ai, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.7 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does C3.ai, Inc. focus on?

C3.ai, Inc.'s top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 23 patents, ranking #399 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is C3.ai, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for C3.ai, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for C3.ai, Inc.'s patents?

C3.ai, Inc.'s patents average 23.9 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 C3.ai, 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

C3.ai, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, C3.ai ranks #9,464 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 16 technology areas.

#9,464
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.7/100): 23.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9464 · US Corporation #9,464 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,464/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Brain Trust…
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 16 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Brain Trust Innovations I, LLC (±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 C3.ai’s 60.7 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 12.2 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 14.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
C3 ai · this assignee

61
DeepMind · near

61
British Telecommunic… · near

61
Magna Closures · near

61
Stats · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows C3.ai's Innovation Score is 60.7/100 (top 3% 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 C3.ai?

Each dot is one of C3.ai’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). C3.ai’s own 23.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

C3.ai vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where C3.ai's grants concentrate

C3.ai, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 69.7% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, C3.ai sits between Brain Trust Innovations I, LLC and Center FOR Advanced Meta-materials.

C3.ai's three-year grant acceleration

C3.ai, Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Brain Trust Innov…

33
Brighterion

33
Britax Römer Kind…

33
Brooks Sports

33
Capitalbio

33
Carl Zeiss X-ray…

33
Cell Signaling Te…

33
Center FOR Advanc…

33
C3 ai ◀

33

What this shows C3.ai holds 33 patents at rank #9,464, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near C3ai

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,464 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in C3ai's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for C3ai, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…), C3ai ranks #399 of 4,479 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

DeepMind Technologies Limited 61 Stats LLC 61 Magna Closures Inc. 61 British Telecommunications public limited company 61

C3.ai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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C3.ai, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	9.1%
2021	3	9.1%
2022	5	15.2%
2023	6	18.2%
2024	7	21.2%
2025partial year	9	27.3%

Which technologies does C3.ai, Inc. patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 23

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 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

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

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 2

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 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04B - Transmission 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

Top 15 of 16 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

C3.ai, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

C3.ai, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 69.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #9,464 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare C3.ai, Inc. against Brain Trust Innovations I, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.7/100 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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