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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Salesforce, Inc. ranks #326 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 Salesforce, Inc. hold?

Salesforce, Inc. holds 1,318 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Salesforce, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Salesforce, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 74.6 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Salesforce, Inc. focus on?

Salesforce, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 977 patents, ranking #79 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

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

Salesforce, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +12438% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Salesforce, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 Salesforce, 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

Salesforce, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,318 granted patents across 29 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, Salesforce ranks #326 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,318 patents across 29 technology areas.

#326
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (74.6/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +12438%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R326 · US Corporation #326 · 1,318 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #326/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Otis Elevator
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 29 areas
INNOV-STRONG 74.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +12438% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Otis Elevator Company (±1 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 Salesforce’s 74.6 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 24.8 pts (33%) Velocity 20.0 pts (27%) Breadth 19.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bank of America · near

75
Salesforce · this assignee

75
King Faisal University · near

75
Blueowl · near

75
Nicoventures Trading · near

74
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Salesforce's Innovation Score is 74.6/100 (top 1% 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 Salesforce?

Each dot is one of Salesforce’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). Salesforce’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Salesforce's grants concentrate

Salesforce, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 74.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (428 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Salesforce sits between Kubota Corporation and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

Salesforce's three-year grant acceleration

Salesforce, Inc. shows 1,001 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Kubota

1,340
Cook Medical

1,327
Avago General IP…

1,321
Otis Elevator

1,319
Salesforce ◀

1,318
Aristocrat Austra…

1,316
Black & Decker

1,312
Yamaha Hatsudoki

1,310
The Goodyear Tire…

1,309

What this shows Salesforce holds 1,318 patents at rank #326, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Salesforce

By rank, the assignees closest to #326 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Salesforce, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Salesforce ranks #79 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (75 here).

King Faisal University 75 Bank of America Corporation 75 Blueowl, LLC 75 Nicoventures Trading Limited 74

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

Medos International Sarl 17.9 avg RichWave Technology Corp. 17.9 avg McKesson Corporation 17.9 avg Sensirion AG 17.9 avg

Salesforce's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

75 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

Salesforce, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.1%
2016	1	0.1%
2017	1	0.1%
2018	4	0.3%
2019	1	0.1%
2020	2	0.2%
2022	149	11.3%
2023	428	32.5%
2024	424	32.2%
2025partial year	307	23.3%

Which technologies does Salesforce, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 977

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 513

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 210

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 207

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 55

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 49

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 46

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 31

H04M - Telephonic Communication 23

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 13

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 6

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

Top 15 of 29 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

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

Salesforce, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 74.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #326 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Salesforce, Inc. against Kubota Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 74.6/100 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

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.