US Patent Rankings
Data-driven patent intelligence rankings based on USPTO PatentsView 2015–2025.
Most Innovative Companies
Ranked by Innovation Score (volume × velocity × breadth × claim depth)
Highest Claim Depth
Companies with the most complex, detailed patent claims
Fastest Growing
Companies accelerating patent activity in 2020–2025 vs. 2015–2019
Technology Class Leaders
Dominant patent holders in each CPC technology subclass
Ranking Methodology
Innovation Score
Composite score (0–100) weighing patent volume (40%), filing velocity growth (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).
Data Coverage
US patents granted 2015–2025. Top 50,000 companies by patent count. 670 CPC technology subclasses.
Velocity Metric
Compares patent filings in the most recent 5-year window (2020–2025) against the prior 5 years (2015–2019).
Source
USPTO PatentsView — official open data from the US Patent and Trademark Office.
Top by Patent Count
- 1. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 106,890
- 2. International Business Machines Corporation 72,926
- 3. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 34,378
- 4. LG ELECTRONICS INC. 32,607
- 5. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. 31,041
- 6. Apple Inc. 30,560
- 7. QUALCOMM Incorporated 30,354
- 8. Intel Corporation 27,498
- 9. MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC 24,392
- 10. Google LLC 24,290
- 11. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 23,942
- 12. TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA 21,526
Top by Innovation Score
- 1. QUALCOMM Incorporated 85.4
- 2. SNAP INC. 82.3
- 3. Cilag GmbH International 82.2
- 4. Kioxia Corporation 81.9
- 5. TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD. 81.5
- 6. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. 81.4
- 7. KIA CORPORATION 81.4
- 8. Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC 81.4
- 9. Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 81.2
- 10. KLA Corporation 80.7
- 11. FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. 80.0
- 12. VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. 79.9
How PlainPatent Rankings Are Compiled
Our rankings are computed directly from the upstream dataset — not editorially curated and not influenced by advertisers. Each ranking surfaces a clear, reproducible metric (for example, count of records per jurisdiction, share of records within a category, or rate per capita), and the underlying numbers are visible on the associated record pages so you can verify them. We recompute rankings whenever the upstream data refreshes, and we publish the refresh cadence on the methodology page.
What Rankings Mean (and What They Do Not)
A ranking is a useful lens — it tells you where to start looking — but it is not a judgment about quality, safety, or reputation. Being at the top of a count-based ranking typically reflects scale: more records in a jurisdiction, more entities in a category. It does not mean "better" or "worse." Whenever a ranking could be misread as a quality claim, we include an explanatory note on the page. When a ranking is rate-based (per capita, per thousand, share), we describe the denominator so you can sanity-check whether the normalization fits your question.
Why We Publish These Rankings
Rankings make large public datasets navigable. Most visitors arrive with a question ("Which jurisdiction has the most records?" or "Where is this category concentrated?") and benefit from seeing a ranked list with direct links to the full records. Publishing ranked views of public data is a long-established practice in civic journalism; we are careful to surface the raw numbers, link to the official source, and avoid editorial spin. If a ranking ever implies a value judgment not supported by the data, please email us at the address on the contact page and we will review the wording.
Methodology, Sources, and Corrections
Every ranking is derived from the source dataset linked on the methodology page. We do not blend proprietary signals; we do not substitute editor opinion for data. If you believe a ranking is miscomputed or that a record is misclassified, please contact us with the specific record ID and the expected correction, and we will investigate within the next refresh cycle. Corrections that affect the published ranking are rolled forward immediately; minor formatting fixes go out with the next scheduled refresh.