Where does Citibank, N.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Citibank, N.A. ranks #1,757 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 Citibank, N.A. hold?

Citibank, N.A. holds 231 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Citibank, N.A.'s Innovation Score?

Citibank, N.A. has an Innovation Score of 64.0 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Citibank, N.A. focus on?

Citibank, N.A.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 135 patents, ranking #417 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Citibank, N.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Citibank, N.A.'s recent grant velocity is +348% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Citibank, N.A.'s patents?

Citibank, N.A.'s patents average 18.5 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 Citibank, N.A. 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

Citibank, N.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 231 granted patents across 16 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, Citibank ranks #1,757 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 231 patents across 16 technology areas.

#1,757
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.0/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +348%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1757 · US Corporation #1,757 · 231 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 231 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,757/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Boston Dynamics
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 16 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +348% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Boston Dynamics, 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 Citibank’s 64.0 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 18.8 pts (29%) Velocity 20.0 pts (31%) Breadth 14.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SK Telecom · near

64
University of… · near

64
ArvinMeritor… · near

64
Citibank N A · this assignee

64
Maxar Space · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Citibank's Innovation Score is 64.0/100 (top 2% 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 Citibank?

Each dot is one of Citibank’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). Citibank’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Citibank's grants concentrate

Citibank, N.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 58.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (74 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Citibank sits between OFS Fitel, LLC and Koninklijke KPN N.V..

Citibank's three-year grant acceleration

Citibank, N.A. shows 114 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

OFS Fitel

232
Sling Media L L C

232
Trustees of Tufts…

232
Boston Dynamics

231
Genius Optical

231
Juul Labs

231
KPN Innovations

231
Koninklijke KPN

231
Citibank N A ◀

231

What this shows Citibank holds 231 patents at rank #1,757, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Citibank

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,757 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Citibank, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Citibank ranks #417 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC 64 Maxar Space LLC 64 University of Tennessee Research Foundation 64 SK Telecom Co., Ltd. 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute Company Limited 18.5 avg Symantec Corporation 18.5 avg Elan Microelectronics Corporation 18.5 avg Allen Medical Systems, Inc. 18.5 avg

Citibank's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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.

View data table

Citibank, N.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	3.5%
2016	4	1.7%
2017	6	2.6%
2018	3	1.3%
2019	6	2.6%
2020	4	1.7%
2021	3	1.3%
2022	7	3.0%
2023	33	14.3%
2024	74	32.0%
2025partial year	83	35.9%

Which technologies does Citibank, N.A. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 135

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 67

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 67

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 39

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 5

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 4

H04B - Transmission 3

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 2

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

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

Citibank, N.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Citibank, N.A.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 58.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,757 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Citibank, N.A. against OFS Fitel, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.0/100 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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