Where does Snowflake Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Snowflake Inc. ranks #459 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 Snowflake Inc. hold?

Snowflake Inc. holds 984 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Snowflake Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Snowflake Inc. has an Innovation Score of 68.3 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 Snowflake Inc. focus on?

Snowflake Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 954 patents, ranking #83 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Snowflake Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Snowflake Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +28400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Snowflake Inc.'s patents average 25.1 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.

How is the Snowflake 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Snowflake Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 984 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Snowflake ranks #459 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 984 patents across 8 technology areas.

#459
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (68.3/100): 25.1
avg claims per patent: +28400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R459 · US Corporation #459 · 984 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 984 grants
TOP-DECILE #459/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ebara
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-STRONG 68.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +28400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ebara Corporation (±1 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 Snowflake’s 68.3 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 23.8 pts (35%) Velocity 19.5 pts (29%) Breadth 10.0 pts (15%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KPN Innovations · near

68
3M Innovative… · near

68
Beijing Institute… · near

68
Snowflake · this assignee

68
Subaru · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Snowflake's Innovation Score is 68.3/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Snowflake?

Each dot is one of Snowflake’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). Snowflake’s own 25.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Snowflake's grants concentrate

Snowflake Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 97% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (219 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2019. By volume, Snowflake sits between GE Precision Healthcare LLC and Marvell World Trade Ltd..

Snowflake's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Snowflake Inc. moved from 219 to 639 grants (2.92x 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 #86. See the growth leaderboard.

GE Precision Heal…

994
Beijing BOE Techn…

991
AGC

988
L'air Liquide Soc…

988
Snowflake ◀

984
Ebara

983
Foxconn Interconn…

974
Asustek Computer

970
Marvell World Tra…

967

What this shows Snowflake holds 984 patents at rank #459, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Snowflake

By rank, the assignees closest to #459 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Snowflake, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Snowflake ranks #83 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

Beijing Institute of Technology 68 3M Innovative Properties Company 68 Subaru Corporation 68 KPN Innovations LLC 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (25.1 here).

Altiostar Networks, Inc. 25.1 avg Nexeon Limited 25.0 avg The MathWorks, Inc. 25.2 avg Denali Therapeutics Inc. 25.2 avg

Snowflake's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 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 · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Snowflake Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	0.3%
2020	59	6.0%
2021	157	16.0%
2022	219	22.3%
2023	217	22.1%
2024	203	20.6%
2025partial year	126	12.8%

Which technologies does Snowflake Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 954

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 298

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 94

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 31

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 19

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Snowflake Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Snowflake Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 97% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #459 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Snowflake Inc. against GE Precision Healthcare LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 68.3/100 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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