Where does SugarCRM, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SugarCRM, Inc. ranks #7,781 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 SugarCRM, Inc. hold?

SugarCRM, Inc. holds 42 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is SugarCRM, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SugarCRM, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SugarCRM, Inc. focus on?

SugarCRM, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 24 patents, ranking #1,774 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

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

SugarCRM, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -76% 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 SugarCRM, Inc.'s patents?

SugarCRM, Inc.'s patents average 11.9 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 SugarCRM, 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

SugarCRM, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 42 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Sugarcrm ranks #7,781 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 42 patents across 8 technology areas.

#7,781
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 11.9
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7781 · US Corporation #7,781 · 42 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 42 grants
UPPER-Q #7,781/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH San Jamar
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: San Jamar, 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 Sugarcrm’s 30.4 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 13.0 pts (43%) Velocity 0.3 pts (1%) Breadth 10.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
C-Smartlink… · near

30
Exact Sciences… · near

30
Ojai Retinal… · near

30
SugarCRM · this assignee

30
Valentino S p A · near

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sugarcrm's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th percentile 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 Sugarcrm?

Each dot is one of Sugarcrm’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). Sugarcrm’s own 11.9 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sugarcrm's grants concentrate

SugarCRM, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sugarcrm sits between San Jamar, Inc. and Trinity Rail Group, LLC.

Sugarcrm's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SugarCRM, Inc. moved from 23 to 1 grants (0.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

San Jamar

42
Sensia

42
Senvion

42
Shenzhen Mindray…

42
Swatch

42
Tanita

42
Tovis

42
Trinity Rail Group

42
Sugarcrm ◀

42

What this shows SugarCRM holds 42 patents at rank #7,780, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SugarCRM

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,780 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SugarCRM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), SugarCRM ranks #1,774 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Exact Sciences Development Company, LLC 30 Ojai Retinal Technology, LLC 30 Valentino S.p.A. 30 C-Smartlink Information Technology Co., Ltd. 30

Sugarcrm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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SugarCRM, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.4%
2016	5	11.9%
2017	6	14.3%
2018	6	14.3%
2019	16	38.1%
2020	5	11.9%
2021	2	4.8%
2022	1	2.4%

Which technologies does SugarCRM, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

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 14

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

H04M - Telephonic Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 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

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

SugarCRM, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #7,781 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SugarCRM, Inc. against San Jamar, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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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