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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CSG Systems, Inc. ranks #45,948 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 CSG Systems, Inc. hold?

CSG Systems, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

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

CSG Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.5 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for CSG Systems, Inc..

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

CSG Systems, Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 CSG 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

CSG Systems, Inc.

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

CSG Systems, Inc.'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 2 patents, ranking #4,033 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 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: 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, CSG ranks #45,948 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#45,948
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.5/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45948 · US Corporation #45,948 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,948/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Crossno & Kaye
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Crossno & Kaye, 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 CSG’s 25.5 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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ipee · near

26
Tuper S/A · near

26
Surgimatix · near

26
CSG Systems · this assignee

26
Paragon & Kgaa · near

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CSG's Innovation Score is 25.5/100 (18th percentile 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 CSG?

Each dot is one of CSG’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). CSG’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where CSG's grants concentrate

CSG Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 40% 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,). By volume, CSG sits between Crossno & Kaye, Inc. and CSP Inc..

Crossno & Kaye

5
Crrc Zhuzhou Inst…

5
Crrc Zhuzhou Loco…

5
CS Tech Holdings

5
CSI Enterprises

5
Csic Pride (Nanji…

5
CSL Behring Gene…

5
CSP

5
CSG Systems ◀

5

What this shows CSG holds 5 patents at rank #45,673, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CSG

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,673 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CSG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), CSG ranks #4,033 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Paragon GMBH & Co. Kgaa 25 Surgimatix, Inc. 26 Ipee NV 26 Tuper S/A 26

CSG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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CSG Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	40.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does CSG Systems, Inc. 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 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

CSG Systems, Inc.'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,), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #45,948 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CSG Systems, Inc. against Crossno & Kaye, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.5/100 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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