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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), VeriFone, Inc. ranks #3,792 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 VeriFone, Inc. hold?

VeriFone, Inc. holds 96 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is VeriFone, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

VeriFone, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does VeriFone, Inc. focus on?

VeriFone, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 51 patents, ranking #957 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

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

VeriFone, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 VeriFone, Inc.'s patents?

VeriFone, Inc.'s patents average 14.4 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 VeriFone, 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

VeriFone, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 24 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Verifone ranks #3,792 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 24 technology areas.

#3,792
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3792 · US Corporation #3,792 · 96 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 96 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,792/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Hospital for…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Hospital for Sick Children (±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 Verifone’s 46.4 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 15.8 pts (34%) Velocity 4.6 pts (10%) Breadth 17.3 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Senseware · near

46
SFC · near

46
L'Oreal · near

46
Sloan Kettering… · near

46
VeriFone · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Verifone's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Verifone?

Each dot is one of Verifone’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). Verifone’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Verifone's grants concentrate

VeriFone, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 53.1% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (14 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2024. By volume, Verifone sits between The Hospital for Sick Children and American Airlines, Inc..

Verifone's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, VeriFone, Inc. moved from 26 to 18 grants (0.69x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

The Hospital for…

96
Universitat Zurich

96
University of Seo…

96
Vanda Pharmaceuti…

96
Wi-lan

96
Wix com

96
Zimmer Biomet Spi…

96
Verifone ◀

96
American Airlines

95

What this shows VeriFone holds 96 patents at rank #3,792, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near VeriFone

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,792 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for VeriFone, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), VeriFone ranks #957 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research 46 L'Oreal S.A. 46 SFC Co., Ltd. 46 Senseware, Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

Politecnico di Milano 14.4 avg Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. 14.4 avg Institut Polytechnique DE Grenoble 14.4 avg Powerchip Technology Corporation 14.4 avg

Verifone's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% 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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VeriFone, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	12.5%
2016	12	12.5%
2017	14	14.6%
2018	12	12.5%
2019	11	11.5%
2020	9	9.4%
2021	6	6.3%
2022	7	7.3%
2023	6	6.3%
2024	5	5.2%
2025partial year	2	2.1%

Which technologies does VeriFone, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 51

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 42

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 20

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 20

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 11

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 11

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 11

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 10

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 5

H04B - Transmission 5

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Top 15 of 24 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

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

VeriFone, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 53.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,792 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare VeriFone, Inc. against The Hospital for Sick Children, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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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