USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Servicenow, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,052 granted patents across 21 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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1,052

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

19.3

Avg claims per patent

+568%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Servicenow holds 1,052 US patents across 21 technology areas, rank #430 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#430
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.6/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: +568%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Servicenow, Inc. has been granted 1,052 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Servicenow, Inc. at rank #430 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 21 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a US Corporation, Servicenow, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Servicenow sits between Lawrence Livermore National Security, Llc (1,064 patents, rank #426) and Avaya Inc. (1,044 patents, rank #434) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 57.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 915 grants, compared with 137 in the 2015–2019 window, a +568% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Servicenow, Inc.'s 19.3 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 21 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Servicenow, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Lawrence Livermor…

1,064
Zoox

1,064
Universal Display

1,058
RTX

1,055
Servicenow ◀

1,052
Duke University

1,050
University of Pit…

1,050
Largan Precision

1,046
Avaya

1,044

What this shows Servicenow holds 1,052 patents at rank #430, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Servicenow

By rank, the assignees closest to #430 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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

Servicenow's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 50,000 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.

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Servicenow, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.1%
2016	7	0.7%
2017	10	1.0%
2018	24	2.3%
2019	95	9.0%
2020	202	19.2%
2021	212	20.2%
2022	219	20.8%
2023	145	13.8%
2024	77	7.3%
2025	60	5.7%

Which technologies does Servicenow, Inc. patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 855

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 607

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 206

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 119

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 40

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 28

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 20

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 9

H04M - TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION 9

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 8

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 5

G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 3

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 3

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 3

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 21 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#430

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Servicenow, Inc. hold?

Servicenow, Inc. holds 1,052 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Servicenow, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Servicenow, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Servicenow, Inc. focus on?

Servicenow, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 855 patents. The company has filed patents in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Servicenow, Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Servicenow, Inc.'s recent filing velocity is +568% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

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

Servicenow, Inc.'s patents average 19.3 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Servicenow, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Servicenow's 1,052 grants land it in the top 5% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Servicenow ranks #430 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06F - see who else leads that technology area. G06F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.