Overall rank by patents
#61
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5,990 granted patents across 130 technology areas, active 2017–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).
The verdict
Capital holds 5,990 US patents across 130 technology areas, rank #61 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Capital ONE Services, Llc has been granted 5,990 US utility patents between 2017 and 2025, placing Capital ONE Services, Llc at rank #61 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 130 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a US Corporation, Capital ONE Services, Llc is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Capital sits between Covidien Lp (6,485 patents, rank #57) and The Procter & Gamble Company (5,586 patents, rank #65) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 75.7/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 5,186 grants, compared with 804 in the 2015–2019 window, a +545% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Capital ONE Services, Llc's 19.0 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Capital ONE Services, Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Covidien LP
6,485 patents
The Regents of the University of California
6,428 patents
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
6,393 patents
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
5,993 patents
CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC
5,990 patents
Infineon Technologies AG
5,936 patents
HITACHI, LTD.
5,890 patents
SAP SE
5,717 patents
The Procter & Gamble Company
5,586 patents
What this shows Capital holds 5,990 patents at rank #61, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #61 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Capital's primary technology class.
Capital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
76 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 0.1% |
| 2018 | 165 | 2.8% |
| 2019 | 632 | 10.6% |
| 2020 | 767 | 12.8% |
| 2021 | 710 | 11.9% |
| 2022 | 723 | 12.1% |
| 2023 | 1,037 | 17.3% |
| 2024 | 1,168 | 19.5% |
| 2025 | 781 | 13.0% |
Top 15 of 130 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#61
Across all tracked assignees
75.7 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Capital's 5,990 grants land it in the top 0.1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.