Where does Citrix Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Citrix Systems, Inc. ranks #226 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 Citrix Systems, Inc. hold?

Citrix Systems, Inc. holds 1,793 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Citrix Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Citrix Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.9 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%).

Is Citrix Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Citrix Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Citrix Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Citrix Systems, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Citrix Systems, 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

Citrix Systems, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Citrix Systems, Inc. focus on?

Citrix Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 1,324 patents. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,793 granted patents across 35 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Citrix ranks #226 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,793 patents across 35 technology areas.

#226
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.9/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R226 · US Corporation #226 · 1,793 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.8K grants
TOP-DECILE #226/49,997
NEAR-PEER Safran Aircraft…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 35 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Aircraft Engines (±12 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
Citrix Systems · this assignee

64
Advanced New · near

64
Facebook · near

64
L'Air Liquide… · near

64
BYD · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Citrix's Innovation Score is 63.9/100 (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.

Where Citrix's grants concentrate

Citrix Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 73.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (354 grants) versus a trough of 45 in 2024. By volume, Citrix sits between President and Fellows of Harvard College and Novartis AG.

Citrix's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Citrix Systems, Inc. moved from 651 to 534 grants (0.82x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,771. See the growth leaderboard.

President and Fel…

1,824
Intel IP

1,818
Delta

1,815
Safran Aircraft E…

1,805
Citrix Systems ◀

1,793
Wistron

1,775
Netapp

1,774
Tencent America

1,774
Novartis

1,768

What this shows Citrix holds 1,793 patents at rank #226, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Citrix

By rank, the assignees closest to #226 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Facebook Technologies, LLC 64 Advanced New Technologies Co., Ltd. 64 L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude 64 BYD Company Limited 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

California Institute OF Technology 19.4 avg Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP 19.4 avg FloDesign Sonics, Inc. 19.4 avg Innovex Downhole Solutions, Inc. 19.4 avg

Citrix'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.

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Citrix Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	178	9.9%
2016	170	9.5%
2017	129	7.2%
2018	121	6.7%
2019	145	8.1%
2020	217	12.1%
2021	289	16.1%
2022	354	19.7%
2023	135	7.5%
2024	45	2.5%
2025partial year	10	0.6%

Which technologies does Citrix Systems, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1,324

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1,125

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 253

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 104

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 97

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 72

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 55

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 51

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 43

H04M - Telephonic Communication 38

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 26

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 21

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 15

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 14

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 8

Top 15 of 35 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#226

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.9 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

Citrix Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Citrix Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 73.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #226 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Citrix Systems, Inc. against President and Fellows of Harvard College, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.9/100 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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