Where does Wolfram Alpha LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wolfram Alpha LLC ranks #14,387 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 Wolfram Alpha LLC hold?

Wolfram Alpha LLC holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Wolfram Alpha LLC's Innovation Score?

Wolfram Alpha LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wolfram Alpha LLC focus on?

Wolfram Alpha LLC's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 21 patents, ranking #1,973 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wolfram Alpha LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wolfram Alpha LLC's recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Wolfram Alpha LLC's patents?

Wolfram Alpha LLC's patents average 26.8 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 Wolfram Alpha LLC 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

Wolfram Alpha LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Wolfram ranks #14,387 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 7 technology areas.

#14,387
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 26.8
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14387 · US Corporation #14,387 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,387/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Wi-LAN Labs
CPC-NARROW G06F · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Wi-LAN Labs, 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 Wolfram’s 36.0 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 10.7 pts (30%) Velocity 1.0 pts (3%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ActiveVideo Networks · near

36
Chronomite Laborator… · near

36
Deublin · near

36
Wolfram Alpha · this assignee

36
Thalmic Labs · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wolfram's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 Wolfram?

Each dot is one of Wolfram’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). Wolfram’s own 26.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wolfram's grants concentrate

Wolfram Alpha LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Wolfram sits between Wi-LAN Labs, Inc. and XR Lateral LLC.

Wolfram's three-year grant acceleration

Wolfram Alpha LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Wi-lan Labs

21
Wikipad

21
Windgap Medical

21
Winter Equipment

21
Workshare

21
Wrap Media

21
Xanadu Quantum

21
XR Lateral

21
Wolfram Alpha ◀

21

What this shows Wolfram holds 21 patents at rank #14,389, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wolfram

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,389 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wolfram, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Wolfram ranks #1,973 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Deublin Company, LLC 36 ActiveVideo Networks, LLC 36 Chronomite Laboratories, Inc. 36 Thalmic Labs Inc. 36

Wolfram's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

View data table

Wolfram Alpha LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	14.3%
2016	3	14.3%
2017	5	23.8%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	4	19.0%
2020	2	9.5%
2021	1	4.8%
2022	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Wolfram Alpha LLC patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 21

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

G16C - Computational CHEMISTRY; CHEMOINFORMATICS; Computational Materials Science 3

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 2

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Wolfram Alpha LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wolfram Alpha LLC's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #14,387 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wolfram Alpha LLC against Wi-LAN Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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