Where does Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. ranks #3,408 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. focus on?

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 88 patents. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -98% 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 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s patents?

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.

Q: How many patents does Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. hold?

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. holds 109 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 24 technology areas.

Q: How is the Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software 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 PatentsView assignee record - 109 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Siemens ranks #3,408 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 109 patents across 24 technology areas.

#3,408
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3408 · US Corporation #3,408 · 109 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 109 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,408/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nucor
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nucor Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ember · near

44
Kelsey-hayes- · near

44
Siemens Product… · this assignee

44
Tendyron · near

44
UPI Semiconductor · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Siemens's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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.

Where Siemens's grants concentrate

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 80.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (30 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Siemens sits between Nucor Corporation and Stepan Company.

Nucor

109
Progressive Inter…

109
Rittal & KG

109
Shanghai Institut…

109
SIG Technology

109
Silgan Dispensing…

109
Skype

109
Stepan

109
Siemens Product L… ◀

109

What this shows Siemens holds 109 patents at rank #3,407, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Siemens

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,407 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

UPI Semiconductor Corp. 44 Ember Technologies, Inc. 44 Tendyron Corporation 44 Kelsey-hayes-company 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Kansas State University Research Foundation 18.1 avg LES Laboratoires Servier 18.1 avg Saint-gobain Abrasifs 18.1 avg Arevo, Inc. 18.1 avg

Siemens's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	30	27.5%
2016	19	17.4%
2017	29	26.6%
2018	14	12.8%
2019	15	13.8%
2021	2	1.8%

Which technologies does Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 88

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 41

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 15

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

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 12

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 9

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 4

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

D05B - Sewing 1

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,408

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.4 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

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,408 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. against Nucor Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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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