Where does MicroStrategy Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MicroStrategy Incorporated ranks #1,679 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 MicroStrategy Incorporated hold?

MicroStrategy Incorporated holds 245 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is MicroStrategy Incorporated's Innovation Score?

MicroStrategy Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does MicroStrategy Incorporated focus on?

MicroStrategy Incorporated's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 177 patents. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is MicroStrategy Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MicroStrategy Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for MicroStrategy Incorporated's patents?

MicroStrategy Incorporated's patents average 19.0 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 MicroStrategy Incorporated 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

MicroStrategy Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 245 granted patents across 21 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Microstrategy ranks #1,679 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 245 patents across 21 technology areas.

#1,679
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1679 · US Corporation #1,679 · 245 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 245 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,679/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Architecture…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Architecture Technology 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MicroStrategy… · this assignee

58
Technische UNIVERSIT… · near

58
The University of… · near

58
Sofradim Production · near

58
Webasto SE · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Microstrategy's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 5% 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.

Where Microstrategy's grants concentrate

MicroStrategy Incorporated is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 72.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (38 grants) versus a trough of 14 in 2020. By volume, Microstrategy sits between Architecture Technology Corporation and Airbus Defence AND Space SAS.

Microstrategy's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MicroStrategy Incorporated moved from 50 to 88 grants (1.76x 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 #288. See the growth leaderboard.

Architecture Tech…

245
BMC Software

245
Denso Wave Incorp…

245
Kandou Labs

245
Shenzhen Universi…

245
Telecom Italia S…

245
The Mitre

245
Microstrategy Inc… ◀

245
Airbus Defence AN…

244

What this shows MicroStrategy holds 245 patents at rank #1,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MicroStrategy

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for MicroStrategy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

The University of Miami 58 Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN 58 Webasto SE 58 Sofradim Production 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.0 here).

Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG 19.0 avg Atlassian US, Inc. 19.0 avg 8x8, Inc. 19.0 avg Epizyme, Inc. 19.0 avg

Microstrategy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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MicroStrategy Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	27	11.0%
2016	32	13.1%
2017	16	6.5%
2018	23	9.4%
2019	20	8.2%
2020	14	5.7%
2021	16	6.5%
2022	27	11.0%
2023	38	15.5%
2024	23	9.4%
2025partial year	9	3.7%

Which technologies does MicroStrategy Incorporated patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 177

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 110

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 66

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 38

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 13

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 11

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 2

Top 15 of 21 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,679

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

MicroStrategy Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MicroStrategy Incorporated's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 72.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,679 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MicroStrategy Incorporated against Architecture Technology Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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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