Where does The Trade Desk, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Trade Desk, Inc. ranks #12,710 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 The Trade Desk, Inc. hold?

The Trade Desk, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is The Trade Desk, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Trade Desk, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.2 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Trade Desk, Inc. focus on?

The Trade Desk, 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 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is The Trade Desk, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for The Trade Desk, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for The Trade Desk, Inc.'s patents?

The Trade Desk, Inc.'s patents average 21.6 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 The Trade Desk, 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

The Trade Desk, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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, The ranks #12,710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 4 technology areas.

#12,710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.2/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12710 · US Corporation #12,710 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Telesign
CPC-NARROW G06F · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Telesign Corporation (±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 The’s 51.2 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 11.1 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 7.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Trade Desk · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 51.2/100 (top 12% 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Trade Desk, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, The sits between Telesign Corporation and Tianjin University of Science and Technology.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Trade Desk, Inc. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Telesign

24
Tensera Networks

24
The Allen

24
The Secretary of…

24
The Wooster Brush

24
Thermo Fisher Sci…

24
Thule IP AB

24
Tianjin Universit…

24
The Trade Desk ◀

24

What this shows The holds 24 patents at rank #12,716, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,716 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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The Trade Desk, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	4.2%
2021	2	8.3%
2022	3	12.5%
2023	6	25.0%
2024	7	29.2%
2025partial year	5	20.8%

Which technologies does The Trade Desk, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 24

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 8

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 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

Top 4 of 4 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

The Trade Desk, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Trade Desk, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #12,710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Trade Desk, Inc. against Telesign Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.2/100 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.