Where does Semmle Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Semmle Limited ranks #4,061 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 Semmle Limited hold?

Semmle Limited holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Semmle Limited's Innovation Score?

Semmle Limited has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Semmle Limited focus on?

Semmle Limited's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 85 patents, ranking #624 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Semmle Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Semmle Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Semmle Limited's patents?

Semmle Limited's patents average 27.4 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 Semmle Limited 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

Semmle Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Semmle ranks #4,061 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 6 technology areas.

#4,061
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 27.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4061 · Foreign Corporation #4,061 · 89 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,061/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH RealD
CPC-NARROW G06F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: RealD Inc. (±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 Semmle’s 39.2 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 15.5 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amcor · near

39
Reputation com · near

39
Semmle · this assignee

39
Stemco Products · near

39
Workiva · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Semmle's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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 Semmle?

Each dot is one of Semmle’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). Semmle’s own 27.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Semmle's grants concentrate

Semmle Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 95.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (42 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Semmle sits between RealD Inc. and Taipei Medical University.

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89
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89

What this shows Semmle holds 89 patents at rank #4,063, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Semmle

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,063 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Semmle, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Semmle ranks #624 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Workiva Inc. 39 Reputation.com, Inc. 39 Amcor Limited 39 Stemco Products, Inc. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (27.4 here).

Sunrise Memory Corporation 27.4 avg Zymeworks Inc. 27.5 avg Alfred KÄRCHER SE & Co. KG 27.6 avg Augustine Biomedical + Design, LLC 27.6 avg

Semmle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Semmle Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.5%
2016	23	25.8%
2017	42	47.2%
2018	10	11.2%
2019	10	11.2%

Which technologies does Semmle Limited patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 85

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 19

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

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Semmle Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Semmle Limited's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 95.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,061 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Semmle Limited against RealD Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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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