USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Tata Consultancy Services Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,429 granted patents across 168 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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1,429

Total patents granted

168

CPC technology areas

12.3

Avg claims per patent

+83%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Tata holds 1,429 US patents across 168 technology areas, rank #301 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#301
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.3/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: +83%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Tata Consultancy Services Limited has been granted 1,429 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Tata Consultancy Services Limited at rank #301 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 168 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 12.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a Foreign Corporation, Tata Consultancy Services Limited is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Tata sits between Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. (1,437 patents, rank #297) and Thales (1,398 patents, rank #305) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 65.3/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 924 grants, compared with 505 in the 2015–2019 window, a +83% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Tata Consultancy Services Limited's 12.3 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Tata Consultancy Services Limited against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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1,431
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1,430
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1,429
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1,429
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1,427
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1,414
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1,405
Thales

1,398

What this shows Tata holds 1,429 patents at rank #301, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tata

By rank, the assignees closest to #301 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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

Tata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees

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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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Tata Consultancy Services Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	92	6.4%
2016	82	5.7%
2017	95	6.6%
2018	100	7.0%
2019	136	9.5%
2020	147	10.3%
2021	146	10.2%
2022	181	12.7%
2023	148	10.4%
2024	176	12.3%
2025	126	8.8%

Which technologies does Tata Consultancy Services Limited patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 761

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 330

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 305

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 206

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 188

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 132

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 118

G16H - HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA 94

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 80

G05B - CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS 69

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 46

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 46

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 41

B25J - MANIPULATORS; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES 40

G01C - MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY 34

Top 15 of 168 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#301

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

65.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Tata Consultancy Services Limited hold?

Tata Consultancy Services Limited holds 1,429 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 168 technology areas.

What is Tata Consultancy Services Limited's Innovation Score?

Tata Consultancy Services Limited has an Innovation Score of 65.3 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tata Consultancy Services Limited focus on?

Tata Consultancy Services Limited's top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 761 patents. The company has filed patents in 168 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tata Consultancy Services Limited's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Tata Consultancy Services Limited's recent filing velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Tata Consultancy Services Limited's patents?

Tata Consultancy Services Limited's patents average 12.3 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Tata Consultancy Services Limited 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.

How to use this portfolio

Tata's 1,429 grants land it in the top 1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Tata ranks #301 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06F - see who else leads that technology area. G06F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.