Where does Webroot Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Webroot Inc. ranks #5,191 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 Webroot Inc. hold?

Webroot Inc. holds 67 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Webroot Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Webroot Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Webroot Inc. focus on?

Webroot Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 61 patents, ranking #809 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Webroot Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +247% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Webroot Inc.'s patents average 20.1 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 Webroot 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

Webroot Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 67 granted patents across 5 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, Webroot ranks #5,191 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 67 patents across 5 technology areas.

#5,191
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +247%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5191 · US Corporation #5,191 · 67 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 67 grants
UPPER-Q #5,191/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Decor Pty
CPC-NARROW G06F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +247% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Decor Corporation 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 Webroot’s 38.8 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 (38%) Velocity 4.3 pts (11%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
4D Pharma Research · near

39
Aerie Pharmaceuticals · near

39
DPG USA · near

39
Oy Halton Group · near

39
Webroot · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Webroot's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 Webroot?

Each dot is one of Webroot’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). Webroot’s own 20.1 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.

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

Where Webroot's grants concentrate

Webroot Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 91% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Webroot sits between Tumi, Inc. and AXENS.

Webroot's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Webroot Inc. moved from 34 to 22 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Tumi

67
The Decor Pty

67
The United States…

67
Valqua

67
Warrior Sports

67
Zhejiang Cfmoto P…

67
Webroot ◀

67
Aixtron SE

66
Axens

66

What this shows Webroot holds 67 patents at rank #5,190, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Webroot

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,190 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Webroot, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Webroot ranks #809 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Oy Halton Group Ltd. 39 4D Pharma Research Limited 39 Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 39 DPG USA Inc. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.1 here).

Atrium Medical Corporation 20.1 avg Callahan Cellular L.L.C. 20.1 avg Medtronic Navigation, Inc. 20.1 avg Infosys Limited 20.1 avg

Webroot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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.

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Webroot Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.0%
2016	3	4.5%
2017	3	4.5%
2018	3	4.5%
2019	4	6.0%
2020	14	20.9%
2021	16	23.9%
2022	11	16.4%
2023	11	16.4%

Which technologies does Webroot Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 61

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 34

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

B66B - ELEVATORS; Escalators OR Moving Walkways 1

Top 5 of 5 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

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

Webroot Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 91% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #5,191 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Webroot Inc. against Tumi, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.8/100 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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