Where does PTC Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PTC Inc. ranks #5,870 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 PTC Inc. hold?

PTC Inc. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is PTC Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PTC Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does PTC Inc. focus on?

PTC Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 48 patents, ranking #998 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

PTC Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 PTC Inc.'s patents?

PTC Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 PTC 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

PTC Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 13 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, PTC ranks #5,870 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 13 technology areas.

#5,870
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5870 · US Corporation #5,870 · 58 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,870/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH National Nail
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: National Nail Corp. (±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 PTC’s 41.7 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 14.1 pts (34%) Velocity 1.9 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Crititech · near

42
Flex Logix · near

42
Grifols · near

42
Liebert · near

42
PTC · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PTC's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 PTC?

Each dot is one of PTC’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). PTC’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where PTC's grants concentrate

PTC Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 82.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, PTC sits between Nortek Security & Control and Rexon Industrial Corp., Ltd..

PTC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, PTC Inc. moved from 21 to 6 grants (0.29x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Nortek Security &…

58
National Nail

58
Omni Medsci

58
Piksel

58
Polytec

58
Prothena Bioscien…

58
Qizhi Software (B…

58
Rexon Industrial

58
PTC ◀

58

What this shows PTC holds 58 patents at rank #5,868, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PTC

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,868 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PTC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), PTC ranks #998 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Flex Logix Technologies, Inc. 42 Liebert Corporation 42 Crititech, Inc. 42 Grifols, S.A. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.6 here).

Abbyy Development Inc. 21.6 avg Acergy France SAS 21.6 avg Orbital ATK, Inc. 21.6 avg Wix.com Ltd. 21.6 avg

PTC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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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PTC Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	8.6%
2016	7	12.1%
2017	9	15.5%
2018	9	15.5%
2019	7	12.1%
2020	7	12.1%
2021	7	12.1%
2022	3	5.2%
2023	2	3.4%
2024	1	1.7%
2025partial year	1	1.7%

Which technologies does PTC Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 48

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 28

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 12

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 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 3

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 13 of 13 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

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

PTC Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 82.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,870 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PTC Inc. against Nortek Security & Control, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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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