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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Github, Inc. ranks #17,700 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 Github, Inc. hold?

Github, Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Github, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Github, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.9 out of 100 (19th 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 Github, Inc. focus on?

Github, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 16 patents, ranking #2,520 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

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

Github, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Github, Inc.'s patents?

Github, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Github, 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

Github, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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, Github ranks #17,700 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 2 technology areas.

#17,700
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.9/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17700 · US Corporation #17,700 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,700/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GEMÜ Gebr Müller…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft (±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 Github’s 25.9 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 9.8 pts (38%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (19%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cateye · near

26
Github · this assignee

26
ProPhotonix · near

26
Bonvi Water · near

26
Anchor Packaging · near

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Github's Innovation Score is 25.9/100 (19th 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 Github?

Each dot is one of Github’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). Github’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Github's grants concentrate

Github, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2017. By volume, Github sits between GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft and Gpower Semiconductor, Inc..

GEMÜ Gebr Müller…

16
Genesis Research…

16
Gensun Biopharma

16
GII Acquisition

16
Givenchy

16
Globalmed Holdings

16
GOO Chemical

16
Gpower Semiconduc…

16
Github ◀

16

What this shows Github holds 16 patents at rank #17,688, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Github

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,688 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Github, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Github ranks #2,520 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (26 here).

Cateye Co., Ltd. 26 ProPhotonix Limited 26 Bonvi Water, Inc. 26 Anchor Packaging, LLC 26

Github's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Github, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	18.8%
2018	5	31.3%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	4	25.0%

Which technologies does Github, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

Top 2 of 2 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Github, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #17,700 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Github, Inc. against GEMÜ Gebr. Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.