Where does Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC ranks #14,135 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 Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC hold?

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.2 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC focus on?

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 14 patents, ranking #2,788 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's recent grant velocity is -54% 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 Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's patents?

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's patents average 20.1 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 Microsoft Licensing Technology, 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

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Microsoft ranks #14,135 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 25 technology areas.

#14,135
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.2/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14135 · US Corporation #14,135 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,135/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Maschinenfabrik…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Microsoft’s 45.2 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 10.7 pts (24%) Velocity 4.8 pts (11%) Breadth 17.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Microsoft's Innovation Score is 45.2/100 (top 24% 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 Microsoft?

Each dot is one of Microsoft’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). Microsoft’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Microsoft's grants concentrate

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Microsoft sits between Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG and Mosaid Technologies Incorporated.

Microsoft's three-year grant acceleration

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

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Miba Frictec

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What this shows Microsoft holds 21 patents at rank #14,141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Microsoft

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,141 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Microsoft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2016	4	19.0%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	6	28.6%
2020	1	4.8%
2022	3	14.3%
2024	2	9.5%
2025partial year	2	9.5%

Which technologies does Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G16Y - Information AND Communication Technology Specially Adapted FOR THE Internet OF Things [IoT] 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #14,135 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Microsoft Licensing Technology, LLC against Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.2/100 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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