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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qualys, Inc. ranks #7,065 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 Qualys, Inc. hold?

Qualys, Inc. holds 47 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Qualys, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qualys, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.1 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Qualys, Inc. focus on?

Qualys, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 41 patents, ranking #767 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Qualys, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +53% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Qualys, Inc.'s patents average 20.2 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 Qualys, 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

Qualys, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Qualys ranks #7,065 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 5 technology areas.

#7,065
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.1/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: +53%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7065 · US Corporation #7,065 · 47 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 47 grants
UPPER-Q #7,065/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Phoenix Industries Pty
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +53% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Phoenix Industries Pty Ltd (±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 Qualys’s 44.1 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 13.4 pts (30%) Velocity 10.7 pts (24%) Breadth 7.9 pts (18%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ambiq Micro · near

44
CureVac · near

44
Enanta Pharmaceuticals · near

44
Hutchison Medipharma · near

44
Qualys · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qualys's Innovation Score is 44.1/100 (top 27% 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 Qualys?

Each dot is one of Qualys’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). Qualys’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Qualys's grants concentrate

Qualys, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 87.2% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Qualys sits between Plaid, Inc. and Rodenstock GMBH.

Qualys's three-year grant acceleration

Qualys, Inc. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Plaid

47
Profil Verbindung…

47
Phoenix Industrie…

47
Pivot Medical

47
Repsol

47
Rion

47
Roche Innovation…

47
Rodenstock

47
Qualys ◀

47

What this shows Qualys holds 47 patents at rank #7,064, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qualys

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,064 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Qualys, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Qualys ranks #767 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Ambiq Micro, Inc. 44 Hutchison Medipharma Limited 44 CureVac AG 44 Enanta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 44

Qualys's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Qualys, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	4.3%
2017	3	6.4%
2018	7	14.9%
2019	3	6.4%
2020	1	2.1%
2021	6	12.8%
2022	4	8.5%
2023	6	12.8%
2024	6	12.8%
2025partial year	9	19.1%

Which technologies does Qualys, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 41

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 29

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

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 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Qualys, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 87.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #7,065 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qualys, Inc. against Plaid, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.1/100 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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