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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), JDA Software Group, Inc. ranks #5,370 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 JDA Software Group, Inc. hold?

JDA Software Group, Inc. holds 64 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is JDA Software Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

JDA Software Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

JDA Software Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -90% 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 JDA Software Group, Inc.'s patents?

JDA Software Group, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 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 JDA Software Group, 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

JDA Software Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does JDA Software Group, Inc. focus on?

JDA Software Group, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 59 patents, ranking #250 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 64 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JDA ranks #5,370 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 64 patents across 8 technology areas.

#5,370
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5370 · US Corporation #5,370 · 64 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 64 grants
UPPER-Q #5,370/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heathco
CPC-NARROW G06Q · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heathco LLC (±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 JDA’s 36.6 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 14.4 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dialogic · near

37
Hoerbiger Antriebste… · near

37
JDA Software Group · this assignee

37
Micrel · near

37
SJ Semiconductor… · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows JDA's Innovation Score is 36.6/100 (top 46% 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 JDA?

Each dot is one of JDA’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). JDA’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where JDA's grants concentrate

JDA Software Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 92.2% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (20 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, JDA sits between Heathco LLC and Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego), Inc..

Heathco

64
ICT Integrated Ci…

64
Innovative Sonic

64
Infoblox

64
Kuwait University

64
Knauf Gips KG

64
Kunshan New Flat…

64
Kyocera AVX Compo…

64
JDA Software Group ◀

64

What this shows JDA holds 64 patents at rank #5,369, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JDA

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,369 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for JDA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), JDA ranks #250 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

SJ Semiconductor (Jiangyin) Corporation 37 Dialogic Corporation 37 Micrel, Inc. 37 Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.3 here).

Corning Optical Communications Wireless Ltd 20.3 avg 8ME Nova, LLC 20.3 avg Tripwire, Inc. 20.3 avg Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. 20.3 avg

JDA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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JDA Software Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	17.2%
2016	2	3.1%
2017	9	14.1%
2018	16	25.0%
2019	20	31.3%
2020	6	9.4%

Which technologies does JDA Software Group, Inc. patent most?

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 59

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

JDA Software Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 92.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #5,370 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare JDA Software Group, Inc. against Heathco LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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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