Where does Google LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Google LLC ranks #10 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 Google LLC hold?

Google LLC holds 24,290 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 298 technology areas.

What is Google LLC's Innovation Score?

Google LLC has an Innovation Score of 77.4 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%).

What technology areas does Google LLC focus on?

Google LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 13,092 patents, ranking #4 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 298 CPC subclasses total.

Is Google LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Google LLC's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Google LLC's patents?

Google LLC's patents average 18.2 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 Google 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

Google LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24,290 granted patents across 298 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Google ranks #10 of 49,997 US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24,290 patents across 298 technology areas.

#10
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (77.4/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10 · US Corporation #10 · 24,290 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 24K grants
TOP-DECILE #10/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Microsoft Technology…
CPC-BROAD G06F · 298 areas
INNOV-STRONG 77.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC (±102 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 Google’s 77.4 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 34.9 pts (45%) Velocity 6.6 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adeia Guides · near

78
Motional AD · near

77
Intel · near

77
Beta AIR · near

77
Google · this assignee

77
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Google's Innovation Score is 77.4/100 (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 Google?

Each dot is one of Google’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). Google’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Google's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Google LLC received 9,617 grants versus 13,146 in 2015–2019 (-27% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 3,020 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1,658. Lead class G06F accounts for 53.9% of the portfolio across 298 subclasses.

Google's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Google LLC moved from 6,005 to 5,901 grants (0.98x 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 #1,225. See the growth leaderboard.

Samsung

106,890
International Bus…

72,926
Canon

34,378
LG

32,607
Taiwan Semiconduc…

31,041
Apple

30,560
Qualcomm Incorpor…

30,354
Intel

27,498
Google ◀

24,290

What this shows Google sits among the ten largest US patent holders, a tier dominated by electronics and semiconductor multinationals.

Other top-10 patent holders

The other largest US assignees by granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Google, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Google ranks #4 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (77 here).

Beta AIR LLC 77 Intel Corporation 77 Motional AD LLC 77 Adeia Guides Inc. 78

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

Cameron International Corporation 18.2 avg Hunter Douglas Inc. 18.2 avg WhatsApp LLC 18.2 avg Mattson Technology, Inc. 18.2 avg

Google's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

77 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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

Google LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2,983	12.3%
2016	3,020	12.4%
2017	2,636	10.9%
2018	2,218	9.1%
2019	2,289	9.4%
2020	2,058	8.5%
2021	1,658	6.8%
2022	1,738	7.2%
2023	1,969	8.1%
2024	2,194	9.0%
2025partial year	1,527	6.3%

Which technologies does Google LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13,092

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5,565

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3,454

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 3,295

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2,475

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2,256

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2,230

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2,182

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1,829

H04M - Telephonic Communication 969

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 746

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 654

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 642

H04B - Transmission 524

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 492

Top 15 of 298 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

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

Google LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 53.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #10 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Google LLC is a top-10 global holder - see how it stacks up against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., another of the largest patent portfolios. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 77.4/100 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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