Where does CDK Global, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CDK Global, LLC ranks #18,472 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 CDK Global, LLC hold?

CDK Global, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is CDK Global, LLC's Innovation Score?

CDK Global, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is CDK Global, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CDK Global, LLC's recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for CDK Global, LLC's patents?

CDK Global, LLC's patents average 17.1 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 CDK Global, LLC 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

CDK Global, LLC

Q: What technology areas does CDK Global, LLC focus on?

CDK Global, LLC'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 10 patents, ranking #1,277 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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, CDK ranks #18,472 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#18,472
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18472 · US Corporation #18,472 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,472/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cardiothrive
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cardiothrive, 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.

How CDK’s 35.8 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 9.6 pts (27%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CDK Global · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CDK's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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 CDK?

Each dot is one of CDK’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). CDK’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where CDK's grants concentrate

CDK Global, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% 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 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, CDK sits between Cardiothrive, Inc. and Cheetah Mobile Inc..

CDK's three-year grant acceleration

CDK Global, LLC shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Cardiothrive

15
Cardlab APS

15
Caruse Design

15
Carux Technology…

15
Centralsquare

15
Centrica Hive

15
Checkers Industri…

15
Cheetah Mobile

15
CDK Global ◀

15

What this shows CDK holds 15 patents at rank #18,467, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CDK

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,467 in granted patent volume.

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

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

CDK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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CDK Global, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	13.3%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	3	20.0%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	2	13.3%
2024	3	20.0%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does CDK Global, LLC 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 10

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 7 of 7 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

CDK Global, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CDK Global, LLC'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,), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #18,472 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CDK Global, LLC against Cardiothrive, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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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