Where does Hyland Software, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hyland Software, Inc. ranks #12,974 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 Hyland Software, Inc. hold?

Hyland Software, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hyland Software, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hyland Software, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.4 out of 100 (44th 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 Hyland Software, Inc. focus on?

Hyland Software, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 15 patents, ranking #2,636 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hyland Software, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +11% 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 Hyland Software, Inc.'s patents?

Hyland Software, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Hyland Software, 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

Hyland Software, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 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, Hyland ranks #12,974 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,974
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.4/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12974 · US Corporation #12,974 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,974/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hipmunk
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hipmunk, Inc. (±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 Hyland’s 33.4 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 11.0 pts (33%) Velocity 2.4 pts (7%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyland Software · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hyland's Innovation Score is 33.4/100 (44th 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 Hyland?

Each dot is one of Hyland’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). Hyland’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hyland's grants concentrate

Hyland Software, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 65.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hyland sits between Hipmunk, Inc. and IMS Nanofabrication GmbH.

Hyland's three-year grant acceleration

Hyland Software, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Hipmunk

23
Hitachi Data Syst…

23
Hong Kong Ecoaqua

23
Hop Breeding L L C

23
Ichikawa

23
IEX Group

23
Imagekeeper

23
IMS Nanofabricati…

23
Hyland Software ◀

23

What this shows Hyland holds 23 patents at rank #12,973, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hyland

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,973 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Hyland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% 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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Hyland Software, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.3%
2016	1	4.3%
2018	2	8.7%
2019	5	21.7%
2020	2	8.7%
2021	4	17.4%
2023	3	13.0%
2024	1	4.3%
2025partial year	4	17.4%

Which technologies does Hyland Software, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

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

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Hyland Software, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 65.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #12,974 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hyland Software, Inc. against Hipmunk, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.4/100 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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