Where does Docusign, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Docusign, Inc. ranks #2,471 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 Docusign, Inc. hold?

Docusign, Inc. holds 158 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Docusign, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Docusign, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.5 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Docusign, Inc. focus on?

Docusign, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 137 patents, ranking #415 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

Docusign, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +191% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Docusign, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Docusign, 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

Docusign, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 158 granted patents across 9 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, Docusign ranks #2,471 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 158 patents across 9 technology areas.

#2,471
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.5/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +191%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2471 · US Corporation #2,471 · 158 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 158 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,471/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Akebono Brake Industry
CPC-NARROW G06F · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +191% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. (±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 Docusign’s 59.5 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 17.5 pts (29%) Velocity 20.0 pts (34%) Breadth 10.6 pts (18%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Starbucks · near

59
Docusign · this assignee

59
Energous · near

59
Roche Sequencing… · near

59
Tetra Laval… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Docusign's Innovation Score is 59.5/100 (top 4% 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 Docusign?

Each dot is one of Docusign’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). Docusign’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Docusign's grants concentrate

Docusign, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (35 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2015. By volume, Docusign sits between UDC Ireland Limited and N.V. Nutricia.

Docusign's three-year grant acceleration

Docusign, Inc. shows 83 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

UDC Ireland

159
Yahoo Ad Tech

159
Akebono Brake Ind…

158
C R F Societa' Co…

158
Doosan Enerbility

158
Faurecia Automoti…

158
Harbin Institute…

158
Nutricia

158
Docusign ◀

158

What this shows Docusign holds 158 patents at rank #2,471, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Docusign

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,471 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Docusign, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Docusign ranks #415 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Roche Sequencing Solutions, Inc. 59 Energous Corporation 59 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance S.A. 59 Starbucks Corporation 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Poet Research, Inc. 18.9 avg X Development LLC 18.9 avg Mastercard Technologies Canada ULC 18.9 avg TQ Delta, LLC 18.9 avg

Docusign's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Docusign, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	1.9%
2016	6	3.8%
2017	9	5.7%
2018	8	5.1%
2019	6	3.8%
2020	6	3.8%
2021	4	2.5%
2022	18	11.4%
2023	30	19.0%
2024	35	22.2%
2025partial year	33	20.9%

Which technologies does Docusign, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 137

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 78

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 63

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 30

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 18

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 6

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

Docusign, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,471 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Docusign, Inc. against UDC Ireland Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.5/100 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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