Where does Pitney Bowes Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pitney Bowes Inc. ranks #7,178 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 Pitney Bowes Inc. hold?

Pitney Bowes Inc. holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Pitney Bowes Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pitney Bowes Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.6 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pitney Bowes Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pitney Bowes Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Pitney Bowes Inc.'s patents?

Pitney Bowes Inc.'s patents average 12.3 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 Pitney Bowes 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

Pitney Bowes Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pitney Bowes Inc. focus on?

Pitney Bowes Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 14 patents, ranking #913 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pitney ranks #7,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 22 technology areas.

#7,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.6/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7178 · US Corporation #7,178 · 46 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Particle Measuring…
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. (±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 Pitney’s 40.6 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 13.3 pts (33%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 16.6 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
data world · near

41
Hisense · near

41
Pitney Bowes · this assignee

41
Solystic · near

41
Sumitomo (SHI)… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pitney's Innovation Score is 40.6/100 (top 35% 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 Pitney?

Each dot is one of Pitney’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). Pitney’s own 12.3 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Pitney's grants concentrate

Pitney Bowes Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 30.4% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (20 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Pitney sits between Particle Measuring Systems, Inc. and Pulse Secure, LLC.

Pitney's three-year grant acceleration

Pitney Bowes Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Particle Measurin…

46
Peri SE

46
Phoenix Contact D…

46
Ping Identity

46
Precitec & KG

46
Pretty Star Store

46
Public University…

46
Pulse Secure

46
Pitney Bowes ◀

46

What this shows Pitney holds 46 patents at rank #7,177, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pitney

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,177 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pitney, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), Pitney ranks #913 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Hisense Co., Ltd. 41 Solystic 41 data.world, Inc. 41 Sumitomo (SHI) Cryogenics of America, Inc. 41

Pitney's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Pitney Bowes Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	43.5%
2016	9	19.6%
2017	9	19.6%
2018	5	10.9%
2020	2	4.3%
2023	1	2.2%

Which technologies does Pitney Bowes Inc. patent most?

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 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 6

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

B43M - Bureau Accessories NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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 3

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Pitney Bowes Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pitney Bowes Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 30.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #7,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pitney Bowes Inc. against Particle Measuring Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.6/100 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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