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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Workday, Inc. ranks #1,599 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 Workday, Inc. hold?

Workday, Inc. holds 259 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Workday, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Workday, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.1 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Workday, Inc. focus on?

Workday, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 209 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

Workday, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +138% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Workday, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Workday, 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

Workday, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 259 granted patents across 12 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Workday ranks #1,599 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 259 patents across 12 technology areas.

#1,599
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +138%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1599 · US Corporation #1,599 · 259 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 259 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,599/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Momentive Performanc…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +138% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Momentive Performance Materials GmbH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangzhou Shirui · near

48
Shutterfly · near

48
Innovia Films · near

48
Workday · this assignee

48
Zhejiang Geely… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Workday's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (top 17% 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.

Where Workday's grants concentrate

Workday, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 80.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (49 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, Workday sits between Momentive Performance Materials GmbH and H. Lundbeck A/S.

Workday's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Workday, Inc. moved from 110 to 89 grants (0.81x 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 #1,815. See the growth leaderboard.

Momentive Perform…

259
Sony Computer Ent…

259
Thermo Finnigan

259
Unify & KG

259
Workday ◀

259
Box

258
CSC Holdings

258
GE Healthcare Bio…

258
H Lundbeck A/S

258

What this shows Workday holds 259 patents at rank #1,599, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Workday

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,599 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Workday, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Zhejiang Geely Automobile Research Institute Co., Ltd 48 Innovia Films Ltd. 48 Shutterfly, LLC 48 Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co., Ltd. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC 18.7 avg Nokia of America Corporation 18.7 avg Baxter International Inc. 18.7 avg Schlage Lock Company LLC 18.7 avg

Workday's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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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Workday, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	1.5%
2016	10	3.9%
2017	11	4.2%
2018	16	6.2%
2019	30	11.6%
2020	49	18.9%
2021	31	12.0%
2022	29	11.2%
2023	33	12.7%
2024	27	10.4%
2025partial year	19	7.3%

Which technologies does Workday, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 209

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 89

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 62

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 19

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 7

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

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 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,599

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Workday, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 80.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,599 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Workday, Inc. against Momentive Performance Materials GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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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