USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Shopify Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 289 granted patents across 26 technology areas, active 2020–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06Q (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,).

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

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289

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

19.9

Avg claims per patent

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Shopify holds 289 US patents across 26 technology areas, rank #1,444 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,444
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.6/100): 19.9
avg claims per patent

Portfolio overview

Shopify Inc. has been granted 289 US utility patents between 2020 and 2025, placing Shopify Inc. at rank #1,444 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 26 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06Q (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,). As a Foreign Corporation, Shopify Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Shopify sits between Square ENIX Co., Ltd. (290 patents, rank #1,440) and Milliken & Company (288 patents, rank #1,448) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 69.6/100 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. Historical data spans 2020 through 2025, with 289 total grants over that period. Velocity comparisons require five years of historical filings to calibrate. The Foreign 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. Shopify Inc.'s 19.9 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 26 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Shopify Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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290
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290
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289
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289
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288
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288

What this shows Shopify holds 289 patents at rank #1,444, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shopify

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,444 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Shopify's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Shopify Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	7	2.4%
2021	24	8.3%
2022	56	19.4%
2023	68	23.5%
2024	73	25.3%
2025	61	21.1%

Which technologies does Shopify Inc. patent most?

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 185

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 155

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 66

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 54

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 32

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 28

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 17

G07G - REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS 8

G07F - COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS 5

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 4

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 4

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 3

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 3

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 2

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 2

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,444

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

69.6 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 Shopify Inc. hold?

Shopify Inc. holds 289 US granted patents filed between 2020 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Shopify Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shopify Inc. has an Innovation Score of 69.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shopify Inc. focus on?

Shopify Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 185 patents. The company has filed patents in 26 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Shopify Inc..

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

Shopify Inc.'s patents average 19.9 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Shopify 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

Shopify's 289 grants land it in the top 1% 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 - Shopify ranks #1,444 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06Q - see who else leads that technology area. G06Q 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.