Where does Flexera Software LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Flexera Software LLC ranks #8,202 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 Flexera Software LLC hold?

Flexera Software LLC holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Flexera Software LLC's Innovation Score?

Flexera Software LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.9 out of 100 (49th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Flexera Software LLC focus on?

Flexera Software LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 31 patents, ranking #1,441 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Flexera Software LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Flexera Software LLC's recent grant velocity is -69% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Flexera Software LLC's patents?

Flexera Software LLC's patents average 18.1 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 Flexera Software LLC 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

Flexera Software LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 6 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, Flexera ranks #8,202 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 6 technology areas.

#8,202
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.9/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8202 · US Corporation #8,202 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,202/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Faiveley Transport…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Faiveley Transport Italia S.P.A. (±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 Flexera’s 34.9 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 12.7 pts (36%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Mmodal IP · near

35
Brightedge · near

35
Brock USA · near

35
Flexera Software · this assignee

35
Waddington North… · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Flexera's Innovation Score is 34.9/100 (49th 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 Flexera?

Each dot is one of Flexera’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). Flexera’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Flexera's grants concentrate

Flexera Software LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 79.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Flexera sits between F.I.S. Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici S.p.A. and Geberit International AG.

Flexera's three-year grant acceleration

Flexera Software LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

F I S Fabbrica It…

39
FCI

39
Fuzhou Esun

39
Faiveley Transpor…

39
Fractus

39
Francotyp-postalia

39
GE Renewable

39
Geberit Internati…

39
Flexera Software ◀

39

What this shows Flexera holds 39 patents at rank #8,202, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Flexera

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,202 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Flexera, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Flexera ranks #1,441 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Brock USA, LLC 35 Brightedge Technologies, Inc. 35 Mmodal IP LLC 35 Waddington North America, Inc. 35

Flexera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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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Flexera Software LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	15.4%
2016	7	17.9%
2017	7	17.9%
2018	4	10.3%
2019	5	12.8%
2020	3	7.7%
2021	2	5.1%
2022	3	7.7%
2024	1	2.6%
2025partial year	1	2.6%

Which technologies does Flexera Software LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 31

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 15

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 14

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

Top 6 of 6 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

Flexera Software LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Flexera Software LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 79.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #8,202 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Flexera Software LLC against F.I.S. Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.9/100 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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