Where does Pivotal Software, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pivotal Software, Inc. ranks #2,056 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 Pivotal Software, Inc. hold?

Pivotal Software, Inc. holds 193 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Pivotal Software, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pivotal Software, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.6 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pivotal Software, Inc. focus on?

Pivotal Software, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 178 patents, ranking #346 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Pivotal Software, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Pivotal Software, Inc.'s patents?

Pivotal Software, Inc.'s patents average 20.4 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 Pivotal Software, 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

Pivotal Software, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 193 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, Pivotal ranks #2,056 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 193 patents across 11 technology areas.

#2,056
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.6/100): 20.4
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2056 · US Corporation #2,056 · 193 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 193 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,056/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Afton Chemical
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Afton Chemical 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.

How Pivotal’s 44.6 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 18.2 pts (41%) Velocity 2.5 pts (6%) Breadth 11.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Em-tech · near

45
GE Hybrid · near

45
Konami Digital… · near

45
Pivotal Software · this assignee

45
Therma-stor · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pivotal's Innovation Score is 44.6/100 (top 25% 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 Pivotal?

Each dot is one of Pivotal’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). Pivotal’s own 20.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pivotal's grants concentrate

Pivotal Software, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 92.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (29 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2024. By volume, Pivotal sits between Afton Chemical Corporation and Zeno Semiconductor, Inc..

Pivotal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pivotal Software, Inc. moved from 68 to 25 grants (0.37x 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 #2,917. See the growth leaderboard.

Afton Chemical

193
Baoshan Iron & St…

193
Hiwin

193
MCP IP

193
Solventum Intelle…

193
THE UAB Research…

193
The Governors of…

193
Zeno Semiconductor

193
Pivotal Software ◀

193

What this shows Pivotal holds 193 patents at rank #2,056, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pivotal

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,056 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pivotal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Pivotal ranks #346 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. 45 GE Hybrid Technologies, LLC 45 Therma-stor LLC 45 Em-tech Co., Ltd 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.4 here).

Everspin Technologies, Inc. 20.4 avg Pacific Biosciences OF California, Inc. 20.4 avg National Oilwell Varco, L.P. 20.4 avg STMicroelectronics SA 20.4 avg

Pivotal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Pivotal Software, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	15.0%
2016	20	10.4%
2017	28	14.5%
2018	22	11.4%
2019	19	9.8%
2020	29	15.0%
2021	20	10.4%
2022	14	7.3%
2023	7	3.6%
2024	4	2.1%
2025partial year	1	0.5%

Which technologies does Pivotal Software, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 178

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 82

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

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 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 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

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

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

Pivotal Software, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 92.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,056 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pivotal Software, Inc. against Afton Chemical Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.6/100 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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