Where does Quest Software Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Quest Software Inc. ranks #2,648 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 Quest Software Inc. hold?

Quest Software Inc. holds 147 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Quest Software Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Quest Software Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Quest Software Inc. focus on?

Quest Software Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 101 patents, ranking #539 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Quest Software Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -68% 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 Quest Software Inc.'s patents?

Quest Software Inc.'s patents average 18.2 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 Quest 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

Quest Software Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 147 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2022. 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, Quest ranks #2,648 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 147 patents across 7 technology areas.

#2,648
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 18.2
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2648 · US Corporation #2,648 · 147 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 147 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,648/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intex Marketing
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intex Marketing 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 Quest’s 37.6 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 17.3 pts (46%) Velocity 0.1 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apotex · near

38
Bedoukian Research · near

38
Mplus · near

38
Quest Software · this assignee

38
THE Mclean Hospital · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Quest's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Quest?

Each dot is one of Quest’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). Quest’s own 18.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Quest's grants concentrate

Quest Software Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 68.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (47 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Quest sits between Intex Marketing Ltd. and Assa Abloy Americas Residential Inc..

Quest's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Quest Software Inc. moved from 82 to 1 grants (0.01x 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 #3,283. See the growth leaderboard.

Intex Marketing

147
James R Glidewell…

147
Lotte Chemical

147
Medtronic Cryocath

147
Sage Products

147
Unison Industries

147
Quest Software ◀

147
Apollo Intelligen…

146
Assa Abloy Americ…

146

What this shows Quest holds 147 patents at rank #2,648, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Quest

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,648 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Quest, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Quest ranks #539 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Mplus Corp. 38 Apotex Inc. 38 THE Mclean Hospital Corporation 38 Bedoukian Research, Inc. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.2 here).

First Solar, Inc. 18.2 avg Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC 18.2 avg Payrange LLC 18.2 avg Sabic Global Technologies B.V. 18.2 avg

Quest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2022

Grants by year

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

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Quest Software Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	23	15.6%
2018	41	27.9%
2019	47	32.0%
2020	27	18.4%
2021	8	5.4%
2022	1	0.7%

Which technologies does Quest Software Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 101

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 77

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 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Quest Software Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 68.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,648 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Quest Software Inc. against Intex Marketing Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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