Where does Micro Focus LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micro Focus LLC ranks #857 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 Micro Focus LLC hold?

Micro Focus LLC holds 532 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Micro Focus LLC's Innovation Score?

Micro Focus LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Micro Focus LLC focus on?

Micro Focus LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 440 patents, ranking #166 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Is Micro Focus LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micro Focus LLC's recent grant velocity is +1030% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Micro Focus LLC's patents?

Micro Focus LLC's patents average 18.7 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 Micro Focus LLC 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

Micro Focus LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 532 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micro ranks #857 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 532 patents across 29 technology areas.

#857
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +1030%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R857 · US Corporation #857 · 532 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 532 grants
TOP-DECILE #857/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Medtronic Vascular
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1030% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Medtronic Vascular, 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 Micro’s 56.4 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 21.7 pts (39%) Velocity 4.4 pts (8%) Breadth 19.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alnylam Pharmaceutic… · near

56
Hollister Incorporated · near

56
Micro Focus · this assignee

56
Miltenyi Biotec B V… · near

56
Rovi Product · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Micro's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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 Micro?

Each dot is one of Micro’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). Micro’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Micro's grants concentrate

Micro Focus LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 82.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (151 grants) versus a trough of 40 in 2019. By volume, Micro sits between Veritas Technologies LLC and Lyft, Inc..

Micro's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Micro Focus LLC moved from 296 to 196 grants (0.66x 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 #2,274. See the growth leaderboard.

Veritas

535
Kyndryl

534
Medtronic Vascular

533
Nuflare Technology

533
Micro Focus ◀

532
Waters

531
Arthrex

526
Johnson Matthey P…

526
Lyft

526

What this shows Micro holds 532 patents at rank #857, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micro

By rank, the assignees closest to #857 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Micro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Micro ranks #166 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 56 Hollister Incorporated 56 Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG 56 Rovi Product Corporation 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

FEI Company 18.7 avg Ramot at Tel-Aviv University Ltd. 18.7 avg Novozymes A/S 18.7 avg AI Incorporated 18.7 avg

Micro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Micro Focus LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	40	7.5%
2020	151	28.4%
2021	105	19.7%
2022	90	16.9%
2023	55	10.3%
2024	51	9.6%
2025partial year	40	7.5%

Which technologies does Micro Focus LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 440

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 213

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 72

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 64

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 17

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

Top 15 of 29 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

Micro Focus LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Micro Focus LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 82.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #857 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Micro Focus LLC against Veritas Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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