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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IonQ, Inc. ranks #3,399 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 IonQ, Inc. hold?

IonQ, Inc. holds 109 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is IonQ, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

IonQ, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.3 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 IonQ, Inc. focus on?

IonQ, Inc.'s top technology area is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models) with 88 patents, ranking #107 of 4,479 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for IonQ, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for IonQ, Inc.'s patents?

IonQ, Inc.'s patents average 20.5 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 IonQ, 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

IonQ, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 109 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ionq ranks #3,399 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 109 patents across 28 technology areas.

#3,399
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.3/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3399 · US Corporation #3,399 · 109 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 109 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,399/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elevance Renewable…
CPC-FOCUS G06N · 28 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elevance Renewable Sciences, 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 Ionq’s 67.3 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 16.2 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (30%) Breadth 18.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Knowles · near

67
The Government of… · near

67
IonQ · this assignee

67
Industrial Technolog… · near

67
Toshiba TEC · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ionq's Innovation Score is 67.3/100 (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 Ionq?

Each dot is one of Ionq’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). Ionq’s own 20.5 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.

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

Where Ionq's grants concentrate

IonQ, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 80.7% of grants classified under G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (21 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2020. By volume, Ionq sits between Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. and Nucor Corporation.

Ionq's three-year grant acceleration

IonQ, Inc. shows 56 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Elevance Renewabl…

109
Faurecia Interior…

109
Hitachi-lg Data S…

109
I M A Industria M…

109
Kerr Machine

109
Mr Bar-b-q Produc…

109
Neuravi

109
Nucor

109
Ionq ◀

109

What this shows IonQ holds 109 patents at rank #3,399, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IonQ

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,399 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IonQ, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Mo…), IonQ ranks #107 of 4,479 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Homeland Security 67 Industrial Technology Research Institute 67 Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha 67 Knowles Electronics, LLC 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.5 here).

Coherent Logix, Incorporated 20.5 avg JBF Interlude 2009 Ltd 20.5 avg BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH 20.5 avg Shifamed Holdings, LLC 20.5 avg

Ionq's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 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 · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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IonQ, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	4	3.7%
2021	13	11.9%
2022	14	12.8%
2023	21	19.3%
2024	21	19.3%
2025partial year	36	33.0%

Which technologies does IonQ, Inc. patent most?

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 88

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 43

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 22

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 16

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 16

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 14

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 12

H04B - Transmission 10

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 8

H03K - Pulse Technique 6

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 4

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 4

G06E - Optical Computing DEVICES; ; Computing Devices Using Other Radiations With Similar Properties 3

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 3

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Top 15 of 28 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

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

IonQ, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06N (Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models), 80.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06N
Ranked #3,399 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IonQ, Inc. against Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.3/100 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.