Where does Tableau Software, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tableau Software, Inc. ranks #1,499 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 Tableau Software, Inc. hold?

Tableau Software, Inc. holds 278 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Tableau Software, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tableau Software, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.7 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tableau Software, Inc. focus on?

Tableau Software, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 270 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

Tableau Software, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +454% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Tableau Software, Inc.'s patents?

Tableau Software, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Tableau 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Tableau Software, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 278 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Tableau ranks #1,499 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 278 patents across 13 technology areas.

#1,499
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.7/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +454%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1499 · US Corporation #1,499 · 278 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 278 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,499/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dassault Systemes
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +454% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dassault Systemes (±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
Daihen · near

54
Dormakaba Deutschland · near

54
HER Majesty THE… · near

54
Safoco · near

54
Tableau Software · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tableau's Innovation Score is 53.7/100 (top 9% 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 Tableau's grants concentrate

Tableau Software, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 97.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (57 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Tableau sits between Dassault Systemes and RingCentral, Inc..

Tableau's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tableau Software, Inc. moved from 96 to 138 grants (1.44x 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 #493. See the growth leaderboard.

Dassault Systemes

278
Infineon Americas

278
Mitsubishi Heavy…

278
Rapid7

278
Vega Grieshaber KG

278
Tableau Software ◀

278
Conti Temic micro…

277
Nippon Shokubai

277
Ringcentral

277

What this shows Tableau holds 278 patents at rank #1,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tableau

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Daihen Corporation 54 HER Majesty THE Queen IN Right OF Canada AS Represented BY THE Minister OF Natual Resources 54 Dormakaba Deutschland GMBH 54 Safoco, Inc. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

Monsanto Technology LLC 19.8 avg Databricks, Inc. 19.8 avg SRI International 19.9 avg Argo AI, LLC 19.8 avg

Tableau's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tableau Software, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	1.1%
2017	8	2.9%
2018	10	3.6%
2019	18	6.5%
2020	31	11.2%
2021	47	16.9%
2022	50	18.0%
2023	57	20.5%
2024	31	11.2%
2025partial year	23	8.3%

Which technologies does Tableau Software, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 270

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 84

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 17

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 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 15

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

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

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 2

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,499

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.7 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

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

Tableau Software, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 97.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,499 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tableau Software, Inc. against Dassault Systemes, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.7/100 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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