Where does Software GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Software GMBH ranks #2,351 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 Software GMBH hold?

Software GMBH holds 167 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Software GMBH's Innovation Score?

Software GMBH has an Innovation Score of 52.4 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Software GMBH focus on?

Software GMBH's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 124 patents, ranking #450 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Software GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Software GMBH's recent grant velocity is -54% 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 Software GMBH's patents?

Software GMBH's patents average 20.7 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 Software GMBH 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

Software GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 167 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Software ranks #2,351 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 167 patents across 27 technology areas.

#2,351
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.4/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2351 · Foreign Corporation #2,351 · 167 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 167 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,351/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lookout
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lookout, 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 Software’s 52.4 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 17.7 pts (34%) Velocity 3.9 pts (7%) Breadth 18.4 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IMEC · near

52
Quanzhou Sanan… · near

52
Software · this assignee

52
Universite DE Nantes · near

52
UPL · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Software's Innovation Score is 52.4/100 (top 10% 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 Software?

Each dot is one of Software’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). Software’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Software's grants concentrate

Software GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 74.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (32 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Software sits between Lookout, Inc. and Vivotek Inc..

Software's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Software GMBH moved from 39 to 23 grants (0.59x 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 #2,473. See the growth leaderboard.

Lookout

167
Materion

167
Rakuten Mobile

167
Societe BIC

167
Tandem Diabetes C…

167
The Board of Trus…

167
The University of…

167
Vivotek

167
Software ◀

167

What this shows Software holds 167 patents at rank #2,351, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Software

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,351 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Software, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Software ranks #450 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

IMEC 52 Universite DE Nantes 52 UPL Ltd 52 Quanzhou Sanan Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.7 here).

Assia SPE, LLC 20.7 avg Sparkcognition, Inc 20.7 avg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center 20.7 avg Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, USA, LLC 20.7 avg

Software's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Software GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	32	19.2%
2016	28	16.8%
2017	25	15.0%
2018	16	9.6%
2019	11	6.6%
2020	9	5.4%
2021	19	11.4%
2022	13	7.8%
2023	9	5.4%
2024	1	0.6%
2025partial year	4	2.4%

Which technologies does Software GMBH patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 124

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 39

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 27

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 8

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

Top 15 of 27 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

Software GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Software GMBH's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 74.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,351 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Software GMBH against Lookout, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.4/100 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

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.