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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Twitter, Inc. ranks #1,067 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 Twitter, Inc. hold?

Twitter, Inc. holds 405 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Twitter, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Twitter, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.1 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 Twitter, Inc. focus on?

Twitter, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 222 patents, ranking #284 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

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

Twitter, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +89% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Twitter, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Twitter, 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

Twitter, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 405 granted patents across 19 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Twitter ranks #1,067 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 405 patents across 19 technology areas.

#1,067
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1067 · US Corporation #1,067 · 405 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 405 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,067/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fox Factory
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fox Factory, 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 Twitter’s 51.1 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 20.7 pts (41%) Velocity 3.3 pts (6%) Breadth 15.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ALi · near

51
Humana · near

51
Rad Power Bikes · near

51
Twitter · this assignee

51
VIB VZW · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Twitter's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (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 Twitter?

Each dot is one of Twitter’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). Twitter’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Twitter's grants concentrate

Twitter, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 54.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (91 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2015. By volume, Twitter sits between InterDigital Technology Corporation and Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University.

Twitter's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Twitter, Inc. moved from 212 to 105 grants (0.49x 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 #2,706. See the growth leaderboard.

Interdigital Tech…

406
Regal Beloit Amer…

406
University of Roc…

406
Fox Factory

405
Twitter ◀

405
Cavium

404
Amorepacific

403
Faro

403
Imam Abdulrahman…

403

What this shows Twitter holds 405 patents at rank #1,067, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Twitter

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,067 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Twitter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Twitter ranks #284 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

VIB VZW 51 Rad Power Bikes Inc. 51 ALi Corporation 51 Humana Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Nuance Communications, Inc. 19.4 avg Extreme Networks, Inc. 19.4 avg Comscore, Inc. 19.4 avg Schneider Electric Systems USA, Inc. 19.4 avg

Twitter'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 · 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

Twitter, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	2.0%
2016	22	5.4%
2017	26	6.4%
2018	32	7.9%
2019	52	12.8%
2020	90	22.2%
2021	70	17.3%
2022	91	22.5%
2023	14	3.5%

Which technologies does Twitter, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 222

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 198

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 126

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 39

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 35

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 31

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

H04H - Broadcast Communication 6

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Twitter, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 54.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,067 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Twitter, Inc. against InterDigital Technology Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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