Where does S&P Global Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), S&P Global Inc. ranks #6,591 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 S&P Global Inc. hold?

S&P Global Inc. holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is S&P Global Inc.'s Innovation Score?

S&P Global Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.0 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does S&P Global Inc. focus on?

S&P Global Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 27 patents, ranking #1,618 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is S&P Global Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

S&P Global Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +4700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for S&P Global Inc.'s patents?

S&P Global Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 S&P Global 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

S&P Global Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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, S&p ranks #6,591 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 12 technology areas.

#6,591
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (57.0/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +4700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6591 · US Corporation #6,591 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,591/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Proslide Technology
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +4700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Proslide Technology 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 S&p’s 57.0 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 13.6 pts (24%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 12.2 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hallmark Cards… · near

57
Nice · near

57
Rowan University · near

57
S&P Global · this assignee

57
Telecom Italia S p A · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows S&p's Innovation Score is 57.0/100 (top 6% 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 S&p?

Each dot is one of S&p’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). S&p’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where S&p's grants concentrate

S&P Global Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 52.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, S&p sits between Proslide Technology Inc. and ShenZhen YiHong Technology Co., Ltd.

S&p's three-year grant acceleration

S&P Global Inc. shows 44 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Proslide Technolo…

51
Rhizen Pharmaceut…

51
Rafael Advanced D…

51
Reservoir Labs

51
Shandong Linglong…

51
Shibaura Machine

51
Strong Force TP P…

51
Shenzhen Yihong T…

51
S&P Global ◀

51

What this shows S&P holds 51 patents at rank #6,588, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near S&P

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,588 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in S&P's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for S&P, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), S&P ranks #1,618 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Rowan University 57 Hallmark Cards, Incorporated 57 Telecom Italia S.p.A. 57 Nice Ltd. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.6 here).

OneEvent Technologies, Inc. 18.6 avg Medibeacon Inc. 18.6 avg ICT Integrated Circuit Testing Gesellschaft für Halbleiterprüftechnik mbH 18.6 avg Ocient Holdings LLC 18.6 avg

S&p's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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S&P Global Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.0%
2021	4	7.8%
2022	14	27.5%
2023	19	37.3%
2024	11	21.6%
2025partial year	2	3.9%

Which technologies does S&P Global Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 27

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 22

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 12 of 12 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

S&P Global Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

S&P Global Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 52.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #6,591 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare S&P Global Inc. against Proslide Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.0/100 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.