Where does SAP SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SAP SE ranks #64 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 SAP SE hold?

SAP SE holds 5,717 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 71 technology areas.

What is SAP SE's Innovation Score?

SAP SE has an Innovation Score of 71.6 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 SAP SE focus on?

SAP SE's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 4,867 patents. Grants appear in 71 CPC subclasses total.

Is SAP SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SAP SE's recent grant velocity is +15% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for SAP SE's patents?

SAP SE's patents average 18.3 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 SAP SE 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

SAP SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5,717 granted patents across 71 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, SAP ranks #64 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5,717 patents across 71 technology areas.

#64
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.6/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R64 · Foreign Corporation #64 · 5,717 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 5.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #64/49,997
CLEAR-GAP The Procter & Gamble
CPC-WIDE G06F · 71 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Procter & Gamble Company (±131 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AT&T Intellectual… · near

72
Align Technology · near

72
Nuvoton Technology… · near

72
SAP SE · this assignee

72
Guangdong Oppo… · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SAP's Innovation Score is 71.6/100 (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.

How SAP's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, SAP SE received 2,864 grants versus 2,481 in 2015–2019 (+15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 682 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 403. Lead class G06F accounts for 85.1% of the portfolio across 71 subclasses. Volume neighbours: 3M Innovative Properties Company (#60) and Japan Display Inc. (#68).

SAP's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SAP SE moved from 1,861 to 1,597 grants (0.86x 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 #1,633. See the growth leaderboard.

3M Innovative Pro…

5,993
Capital ONE Servi…

5,990
Infineon

5,936
Hitachi

5,890
SAP SE ◀

5,717
The Procter & Gam…

5,586
Nokia OY

5,496
Kyocera Document…

5,491
Japan Display

5,401

What this shows SAP holds 5,717 patents at rank #64, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SAP

By rank, the assignees closest to #64 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SAP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).

Align Technology, Inc. 72 Nuvoton Technology Corporation Japan 72 Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. 72 AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. 72

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.3 here).

Omachron Intellectual Property Inc. 18.3 avg Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. 18.3 avg ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH 18.3 avg Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd. 18.3 avg

SAP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

72 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

SAP SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	538	9.4%
2016	491	8.6%
2017	455	8.0%
2018	403	7.0%
2019	594	10.4%
2020	682	11.9%
2021	585	10.2%
2022	627	11.0%
2023	467	8.2%
2024	503	8.8%
2025partial year	372	6.5%

Which technologies does SAP SE patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4,867

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1,204

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 837

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 513

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 163

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 137

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 132

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 43

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 38

H04M - Telephonic Communication 32

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 30

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 26

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 24

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 22

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 19

Top 15 of 71 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#64

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

SAP SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SAP SE's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 85.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #64 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SAP SE against 3M Innovative Properties Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.6/100 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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