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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lyft, Inc. ranks #861 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 Lyft, Inc. hold?

Lyft, Inc. holds 526 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Lyft, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lyft, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.1 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%).

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

Lyft, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +470% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Lyft, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Lyft, 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

Lyft, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Lyft, Inc. focus on?

Lyft, 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 212 patents, ranking #69 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 526 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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, Lyft ranks #861 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 526 patents across 73 technology areas.

#861
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.1/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: +470%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R861 · US Corporation #861 · 526 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 526 grants
TOP-DECILE #861/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arthrex
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 73 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +470% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arthrex, 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 Lyft’s 65.1 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 21.6 pts (33%) Velocity 7.4 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Lyft · this assignee

65
Shimano · near

65
Lockheed Martin · near

65
MSG Entertainment… · near

65
Wacom · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lyft's Innovation Score is 65.1/100 (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 Lyft?

Each dot is one of Lyft’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). Lyft’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Lyft's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Lyft, Inc. received 382 grants versus 67 in 2015–2019 (+470% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 113 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 1. Lead class G06Q accounts for 40.3% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Micro Focus LLC (#857) and ELI Lilly AND Company (#865).

Lyft's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lyft, Inc. moved from 206 to 229 grants (1.11x 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 #935. See the growth leaderboard.

Micro Focus

532
Waters

531
Arthrex

526
Johnson Matthey P…

526
Xiaomi

526
Lyft ◀

526
Echostar L L C

525
Transportation IP…

524
ELI Lilly AND

523

What this shows Lyft holds 526 patents at rank #861, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lyft

By rank, the assignees closest to #861 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lyft, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Lyft ranks #69 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Shimano Inc. 65 Lockheed Martin Corporation 65 MSG Entertainment Group, LLC 65 Wacom Co., Ltd. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Yeda Research AND Development Co. Ltd. 18.4 avg Aurora Operations, Inc. 18.4 avg Dionex Softron GmbH 18.4 avg Facebook Technologies, LLC 18.4 avg

Lyft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lyft, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.2%
2017	2	0.4%
2018	11	2.1%
2019	53	10.1%
2020	90	17.1%
2021	63	12.0%
2022	42	8.0%
2023	74	14.1%
2024	113	21.5%
2025partial year	77	14.6%

Which technologies does Lyft, 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 212

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 191

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 124

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 117

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 92

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 78

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 77

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 60

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 54

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 53

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 49

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 47

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 44

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 42

B62K - CYCLES; Cycle FRAMES; Cycle Steering DEVICES; Rider-operated Terminal Controls Specially Adapted FOR CYCLES; Cycle Axle SUSPENSIONS; Cycle Side-cars, Forecars, OR THE Like 37

Top 15 of 73 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

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Lyft, 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,), 40.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #861 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lyft, Inc. against Micro Focus LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.1/100 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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