Where does ResearchGate GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ResearchGate GmbH ranks #13,654 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 ResearchGate GmbH hold?

ResearchGate GmbH holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is ResearchGate GmbH's Innovation Score?

ResearchGate GmbH has an Innovation Score of 30.8 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ResearchGate GmbH focus on?

ResearchGate GmbH's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 18 patents, ranking #2,266 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is ResearchGate GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ResearchGate GmbH's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 ResearchGate GmbH's patents?

ResearchGate GmbH's patents average 19.2 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 ResearchGate GmbH 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 Foreign Corporation

ResearchGate GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 5 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Researchgate ranks #13,654 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 5 technology areas.

#13,654
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.8/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13654 · Foreign Corporation #13,654 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,654/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Randall May…
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Randall May International Incorporated (±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 Researchgate’s 30.8 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 10.8 pts (35%) Velocity 0.6 pts (2%) Breadth 7.9 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ResearchGate · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Researchgate's Innovation Score is 30.8/100 (36th percentile 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 Researchgate?

Each dot is one of Researchgate’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). Researchgate’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Researchgate's grants concentrate

ResearchGate GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Researchgate sits between RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GMBH U. Co. KG and Royalty Bugaboo GmbH.

Researchgate's three-year grant acceleration

ResearchGate GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

RUD Ketten Rieger…

22
Randall May Inter…

22
Recor Medical

22
Renaissance Energ…

22
Retrotope

22
Rightquestion

22
Romark Laboratori…

22
Royalty Bugaboo

22
Researchgate ◀

22

What this shows ResearchGate holds 22 patents at rank #13,656, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ResearchGate

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,656 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Researchgate's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% 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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ResearchGate GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	7	31.8%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	4	18.2%
2021	5	22.7%
2023	1	4.5%

Which technologies does ResearchGate GmbH patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

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 11

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

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

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

ResearchGate GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ResearchGate GmbH's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #13,654 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ResearchGate GmbH against RUD Ketten Rieger & Dietz GMBH U. Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.