Where does Meta Platforms, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Meta Platforms, Inc. ranks #556 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 Meta Platforms, Inc. hold?

Meta Platforms, Inc. holds 807 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Meta Platforms, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Meta Platforms, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 78.6 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 Meta Platforms, Inc. focus on?

Meta Platforms, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 386 patents, ranking #187 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

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

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

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

Meta Platforms, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Meta Platforms, 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

Meta Platforms, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 807 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, Meta ranks #556 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 807 patents across 73 technology areas.

#556
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (78.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R556 · US Corporation #556 · 807 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 807 grants
TOP-DECILE #556/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH C R Bard
CPC-WIDE G06F · 73 areas
INNOV-STRONG 78.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: C.R. Bard, Inc. (±1 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 Meta’s 78.6 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 23.1 pts (29%) Velocity 20.0 pts (25%) Breadth 25.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GM Cruise Holdings · near

79
Comcast Cable… · near

79
Meta Platforms · this assignee

79
Beijing BOE… · near

79
Charter Communicatio… · near

79
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Meta's Innovation Score is 78.6/100 (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 Meta?

Each dot is one of Meta’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). Meta’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Meta's grant cadence moved

Grant history spans 2021–2025. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 357 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 2. Lead class G06F accounts for 47.8% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fuji Corporation (#552) and Rohm and Haas Company (#560).

Meta's three-year grant acceleration

Meta Platforms, Inc. shows 751 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Fuji

812
Lsis

812
C R Bard

808
Mitsubishi Gas Ch…

808
Meta Platforms ◀

807
Baker Hughes Oilf…

803
King Faisal Unive…

803
Mandom

803
Rohm and Haas

803

What this shows Meta holds 807 patents at rank #556, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Meta

By rank, the assignees closest to #556 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Meta, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Meta ranks #187 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (79 here).

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 79 Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd. 79 Charter Communications Operating, LLC 79 GM Cruise Holdings LLC 79

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.5 here).

Verint Americas Inc. 17.5 avg Toray Plastics (America), Inc. 17.5 avg VÄLINGE Innovation AB 17.5 avg Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago 17.5 avg

Meta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

79 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 · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Meta Platforms, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	0.2%
2022	357	44.2%
2023	295	36.6%
2024	99	12.3%
2025partial year	54	6.7%

Which technologies does Meta Platforms, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 386

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 289

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 213

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 192

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 137

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 94

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 89

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 85

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 69

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 39

H04B - Transmission 27

H04M - Telephonic Communication 18

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 14

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

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

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

Meta Platforms, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 47.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #556 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Meta Platforms, Inc. against Fuji Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 78.6/100 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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