Where does eBay Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), eBay Inc. ranks #163 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 eBay Inc. hold?

eBay Inc. holds 2,351 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 87 technology areas.

What is eBay Inc.'s Innovation Score?

eBay Inc. has an Innovation Score of 69.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

eBay Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +12% 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 eBay Inc.'s patents?

eBay 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 eBay 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

eBay Inc.

Q: What technology areas does eBay Inc. focus on?

eBay 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 1,477 patents, ranking #13 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 87 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,351 granted patents across 87 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: 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, ebay ranks #163 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,351 patents across 87 technology areas.

#163
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.1/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R163 · US Corporation #163 · 2,351 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 2.4K grants
TOP-DECILE #163/49,997
NEAR-PEER Siemens Healthcare
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 87 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Siemens Healthcare Limited (±22 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 ebay’s 69.1 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 26.8 pts (39%) Velocity 5.8 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tencent Technology… · near

69
Toppan · near

69
Asml Netherlands B V · near

69
eBay · this assignee

69
King Fahd University… · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ebay's Innovation Score is 69.1/100 (top 1% 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 ebay?

Each dot is one of ebay’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). ebay’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How ebay's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, eBay Inc. received 1,188 grants versus 1,065 in 2015–2019 (+12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 273 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 166. Lead class G06Q accounts for 62.8% of the portfolio across 87 subclasses. Volume neighbours: ABB Schweiz AG (#159) and Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft (#167).

ebay's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, eBay Inc. moved from 775 to 678 grants (0.88x 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 #1,573. See the growth leaderboard.

ABB Schweiz

2,472
Futurewei

2,455
Chengdu BOE Optoe…

2,399
Lenovo (Singapore…

2,375
ebay ◀

2,351
Siemens Healthcare

2,329
Nikon

2,316
Eaton Intelligent…

2,308
Volkswagen Aktien…

2,307

What this shows eBay holds 2,351 patents at rank #163, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near eBay

By rank, the assignees closest to #163 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for eBay, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), eBay ranks #13 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Asml Netherlands B.V. 69 King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals 69 Tencent Technology (SHENZHEN) Company Limited 69 Toppan Inc. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

8x8, Inc. 19.0 avg MicroStrategy Incorporated 19.0 avg Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG 19.0 avg Atlassian US, Inc. 19.0 avg

ebay's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

eBay Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	181	7.7%
2016	176	7.5%
2017	220	9.4%
2018	223	9.5%
2019	265	11.3%
2020	243	10.3%
2021	267	11.4%
2022	239	10.2%
2023	273	11.6%
2024	166	7.1%
2025partial year	98	4.2%

Which technologies does eBay 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 1,477

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1,455

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 608

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 255

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 230

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 219

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 188

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 108

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 62

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 48

H04M - Telephonic Communication 42

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 39

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 34

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 25

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 22

Top 15 of 87 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

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

eBay 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,), 62.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #163 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare eBay Inc. against ABB Schweiz AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.1/100 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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