Where does Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC ranks #3,346 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 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC hold?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC holds 111 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's Innovation Score?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.8 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC focus on?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 57 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's patents?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's patents average 19.7 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 Goldman Sachs & Co. 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

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 111 granted patents across 10 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, Goldman ranks #3,346 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 111 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,346
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.8/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3346 · US Corporation #3,346 · 111 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 111 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,346/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beijing West…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beijing West Industries 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Goldman Sachs & · this assignee

46
Humanetics Innovativ… · near

46
National Yang-ming… · near

46
Tubitak · near

46
William Beaumont… · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Goldman's Innovation Score is 45.8/100 (top 22% 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.

Where Goldman's grants concentrate

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 51.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (16 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Goldman sits between Beijing West Industries Co., Ltd. and Kulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc..

Goldman's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC moved from 37 to 36 grants (0.97x 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 #1,258. See the growth leaderboard.

Beijing West Indu…

111
Electric AND Tele…

111
Emitec Gesellscha…

111
Global Life Scien…

111
Hongqisheng Preci…

111
Imperial Innovati…

111
Janssen Sciences…

111
Kulicke and Soffa…

111
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What this shows Goldman holds 111 patents at rank #3,346, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Goldman

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,346 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Goldman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

National Yang-ming University 46 Humanetics Innovative Solutions, Inc. 46 Tubitak 46 William Beaumont Hospital 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Alderbio Holdings LLC 19.7 avg CBS Interactive Inc. 19.7 avg Capital One Financial Corporation 19.7 avg ASM International N.V. 19.7 avg

Goldman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% 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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Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	5.4%
2016	6	5.4%
2017	6	5.4%
2018	8	7.2%
2019	7	6.3%
2020	14	12.6%
2021	16	14.4%
2022	12	10.8%
2023	13	11.7%
2024	11	9.9%
2025partial year	12	10.8%

Which technologies does Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 57

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 46

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 40

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 19

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,346

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 51.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,346 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC against Beijing West Industries Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.8/100 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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