Where does United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. ranks #899 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 United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. hold?

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. holds 500 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 83 technology areas.

What is United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.7 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +4% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s patents?

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 United Parcel Service OF America, 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

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. focus on?

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 375 patents, ranking #46 of 6,520 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 83 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 500 granted patents across 83 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, United ranks #899 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 500 patents across 83 technology areas.

#899
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.7/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R899 · US Corporation #899 · 500 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 500 grants
TOP-DECILE #899/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Atlassian PTY
CPC-WIDE G06Q · 83 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Atlassian PTY 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 United’s 63.7 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 21.5 pts (34%) Velocity 5.8 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
National Technology… · near

64
Rohde & Schwarz & KG · near

64
TE Connectivity… · near

64
United Parcel… · this assignee

64
Eastman Chemical · near

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows United's Innovation Score is 63.7/100 (top 2% 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 United?

Each dot is one of United’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). United’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How United's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. received 237 grants versus 227 in 2015–2019 (+4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 62 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 24. Lead class G06Q accounts for 75% of the portfolio across 83 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Nidec Sankyo Corporation (#895) and Eastman Chemical Company (#903).

United's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. moved from 160 to 139 grants (0.87x 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 #1,601. See the growth leaderboard.

Nidec Sankyo

502
Airbus Helicopters

501
Atlassian PTY

500
China Petroleum &…

500
United Parcel Ser… ◀

500
Dalian University…

499
NHK Spring

499
Omron Healthcare

499
Eastman Chemical

498

What this shows United holds 500 patents at rank #899, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near United

By rank, the assignees closest to #899 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for United, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…), United ranks #46 of 6,520 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

TE Connectivity Germany GmbH 64 Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG 64 National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC 64 Eastman Chemical Company 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. 19.1 avg Cognex Corporation 19.1 avg Valve Corporation 19.1 avg Ofinno Technologies, LLC 19.1 avg

United's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 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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United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	35	7.0%
2016	24	4.8%
2017	45	9.0%
2018	61	12.2%
2019	62	12.4%
2020	62	12.4%
2021	36	7.2%
2022	35	7.0%
2023	56	11.2%
2024	48	9.6%
2025partial year	36	7.2%

Which technologies does United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. patent most?

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 375

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 139

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 72

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 67

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 66

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 59

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 57

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 56

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 46

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 44

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 43

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 41

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 35

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 29

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 26

Top 15 of 83 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

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

United Parcel Service OF America, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #899 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare United Parcel Service OF America, Inc. against Nidec Sankyo Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.7/100 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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