Where does Micro Focus Software Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micro Focus Software Inc. ranks #6,174 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 Software Inc. hold?

Micro Focus Software Inc. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Micro Focus Software Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Micro Focus Software Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.9 out of 100 (39th percentile 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 Software Inc. focus on?

Micro Focus Software Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 44 patents, ranking #1,072 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Micro Focus Software Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micro Focus Software Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Micro Focus Software Inc.'s patents?

Micro Focus Software Inc.'s patents average 15.4 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 Micro Focus Software 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

Micro Focus Software Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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, Micro ranks #6,174 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 5 technology areas.

#6,174
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 39th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.9/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6174 · US Corporation #6,174 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,174/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mahle Filter…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mahle Filter Systems Japan Corporation (±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 Micro’s 31.9 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 13.9 pts (44%) Velocity 0.8 pts (3%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Micro Focus Software · this assignee

32
Nimbus Lakshmi · near

32
Truth Hardware · near

32
NinthDecimal · near

32
Pegasystems · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Micro's Innovation Score is 31.9/100 (39th percentile 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 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 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 Software Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Micro sits between Medicrea International and Ocean University OF China.

Micro's three-year grant acceleration

Micro Focus Software Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Medicrea Internat…

55
Microport Orthope…

55
Mahle Filter Syst…

55
Metso Minerals

55
Minimax Viking Re…

55
Musashi Seimitsu…

55
National Universi…

55
Ocean University…

55
Micro Focus Softw… ◀

55

What this shows Micro holds 55 patents at rank #6,174, 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 #6,174 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 #1,072 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Truth Hardware Corporation 32 Nimbus Lakshmi, Inc. 32 NinthDecimal, Inc. 32 Pegasystems Inc. 32

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.4 here).

LanzaTech New Zealand Limited 15.4 avg Manitowoc Crane Group France 15.4 avg OUR United Corporation 15.4 avg Research Foundation OF THE City University OF NEW York 15.4 avg

Micro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 39th percentile higher than 39% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Micro Focus Software Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	22	40.0%
2018	15	27.3%
2019	10	18.2%
2020	3	5.5%
2021	3	5.5%
2022	1	1.8%
2024	1	1.8%

Which technologies does Micro Focus Software Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 44

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 35

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

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 8

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

Top 5 of 5 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 Software Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Micro Focus Software Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #6,174 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Micro Focus Software Inc. against Medicrea International, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.9/100 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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