Where does Tibco Software Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tibco Software Inc. ranks #5,187 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 Tibco Software Inc. hold?

Tibco Software Inc. holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Tibco Software Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tibco Software Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tibco Software Inc. focus on?

Tibco Software Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 56 patents, ranking #884 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

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

Tibco Software Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Tibco Software Inc.'s patents?

Tibco Software Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Tibco 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

Tibco Software Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Tibco ranks #5,187 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 11 technology areas.

#5,187
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5187 · US Corporation #5,187 · 67 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,187/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen Tize…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen Tize Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Tibco’s 39.6 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 14.6 pts (37%) Velocity 1.7 pts (4%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Genapsys · near

40
MHI Vestas Offshore… · near

40
Samet Kalip Ve… · near

40
Source Photonics… · near

40
Tibco Software · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tibco's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 Tibco?

Each dot is one of Tibco’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). Tibco’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tibco's grants concentrate

Tibco Software Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 83.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Tibco sits between SJ Semiconductor (Jiangyin) Corporation and Valqua, Ltd..

Tibco's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Tibco Software Inc. moved from 27 to 7 grants (0.26x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

SJ Semiconductor…

67
Shenzhen Tize Tec…

67
Sony Interactive…

67
TCL Research Amer…

67
Tumi

67
The Decor Pty

67
The United States…

67
Valqua

67
Tibco Software ◀

67

What this shows Tibco holds 67 patents at rank #5,185, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tibco

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,185 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tibco, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Tibco ranks #884 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Source Photonics (CHENGDU) Company, Ltd. 40 Genapsys, Inc. 40 MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S 40 Samet Kalip Ve Madeni Esya San Ve Tic. A.S. 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen 19.2 avg SF Motors, Inc. 19.2 avg Dril-Quip, Inc. 19.2 avg Senomyx, Inc. 19.2 avg

Tibco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

View data table

Tibco Software Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	19.4%
2016	10	14.9%
2017	2	3.0%
2018	8	11.9%
2019	9	13.4%
2020	10	14.9%
2021	8	11.9%
2022	6	9.0%
2023	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Tibco Software Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 56

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 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 11 of 11 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

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

Tibco Software Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 83.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,187 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tibco Software Inc. against SJ Semiconductor (Jiangyin) Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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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