Where does Nasdaq, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nasdaq, Inc. ranks #1,798 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 Nasdaq, Inc. hold?

Nasdaq, Inc. holds 227 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Nasdaq, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Nasdaq, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nasdaq, Inc. focus on?

Nasdaq, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 100 patents, ranking #544 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Nasdaq, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +134% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Nasdaq, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Nasdaq, 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

Nasdaq, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 227 granted patents across 11 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, Nasdaq ranks #1,798 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 227 patents across 11 technology areas.

#1,798
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +134%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1798 · US Corporation #1,798 · 227 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 227 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,798/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH General Motors
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +134% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: General Motors LLC (±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 Nasdaq’s 50.3 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 18.8 pts (37%) Velocity 10.5 pts (21%) Breadth 11.7 pts (23%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Medartis · near

50
Nasdaq · this assignee

50
National University… · near

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National University… · near

50
Wagner Spray Tech · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Nasdaq's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Nasdaq?

Each dot is one of Nasdaq’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). Nasdaq’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Nasdaq's grants concentrate

Nasdaq, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 44.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (37 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Nasdaq sits between General Motors LLC and Institut Pasteur.

Nasdaq's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nasdaq, Inc. moved from 59 to 93 grants (1.58x 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 #394. See the growth leaderboard.

General Motors

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Nasdaq ◀

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Institut Pasteur

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What this shows Nasdaq holds 227 patents at rank #1,799, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nasdaq

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,799 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nasdaq, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nasdaq ranks #544 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

National University Corporation Gunma University 50 Wagner Spray Tech Corporation 50 National University Corporation University of Toyama 50 Medartis AG 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Viking Group, Inc. 15.6 avg U.S. Department of Energy 15.6 avg Cargill, Incorporated 15.6 avg Cryovac, LLC 15.6 avg

Nasdaq's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Nasdaq, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	0.9%
2016	14	6.2%
2017	16	7.0%
2018	13	5.7%
2019	14	6.2%
2020	16	7.0%
2021	29	12.8%
2022	27	11.9%
2023	37	16.3%
2024	29	12.8%
2025partial year	30	13.2%

Which technologies does Nasdaq, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 100

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 97

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 83

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 22

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04J - Multiplex Communication 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Nasdaq, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 44.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,798 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nasdaq, Inc. against General Motors LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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