Where does New Relic, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), New Relic, Inc. ranks #9,830 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 New Relic, Inc. hold?

New Relic, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is New Relic, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

New Relic, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd 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 New Relic, Inc. focus on?

New Relic, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 27 patents, ranking #1,618 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

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

New Relic, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +163% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

New Relic, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 New Relic, 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

New Relic, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, New ranks #9,830 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 4 technology areas.

#9,830
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: +163%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9830 · US Corporation #9,830 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,830/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National University…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +163% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National University Corporation Yamagata University (±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 New’s 32.6 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 12.1 pts (37%) Velocity 2.3 pts (7%) Breadth 7.1 pts (22%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ariad Pharmaceuticals · near

33
Balenciaga · near

33
LeChat · near

33
New Relic · this assignee

33
Truelite Trace · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows New's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 New?

Each dot is one of New’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). New’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where New's grants concentrate

New Relic, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 84.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, New sits between Novares France and Piamond Corp..

New's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, New Relic, Inc. moved from 20 to 7 grants (0.35x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Novares France

32
Novinium

32
National Universi…

32
New BIS Safe Luxc…

32
Ogio International

32
Orthopediatrics

32
Physical Optics

32
Piamond

32
New Relic ◀

32

What this shows New holds 32 patents at rank #9,836, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near New

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,836 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for New, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), New ranks #1,618 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 33 LeChat 33 Balenciaga 33 Truelite Trace, Inc. 33

New's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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New Relic, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.1%
2018	1	3.1%
2019	6	18.8%
2020	6	18.8%
2021	8	25.0%
2022	2	6.3%
2023	2	6.3%
2024	3	9.4%
2025partial year	3	9.4%

Which technologies does New Relic, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 27

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

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 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

New Relic, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 84.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #9,830 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare New Relic, Inc. against Novares France, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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