IP Ownership · Software & Internet
Who owns the most software patents?
Search algorithms, recommendation engines, data compression, encryption, and software platform patents.
Patents indexed
317
Total citations
34,606
Top-3 hold
31% of citations
Assignees ranked
10
Ranked by total forward citations — 10 companies
How the iPhone's Slide-to-Unlock Gesture Works
US 7657849 · 1,269 citations
17%
of citations
How a Multi-Touch Screen Detects Multiple Fingers and Palms
US 6323846 · 2,641 citations
8%
of citations
How to Build Complex Database Searches Using Venn Diagrams
US 5966126 · 859 citations
7%
of citations
How Amazon's One-Click Ordering Works for Online Purchases
US 5960411 · 1,636 citations
5%
of citations
Logitech's Method for Using Two Fingers on a Touchpad
US 5825352 · 1,577 citations
5%
of citations
How Google Ads Detect Which Web Page You Are Viewing
US 7136875 · 427 citations
4%
of citations
How Websites Get Ranked by Importance
US 6285999 · 818 citations
4%
of citations
How Load Balancers Route Web Traffic Based on Specific Content
US 5774660 · 1,148 citations
3%
of citations
How 3D Printers Build Objects Layer by Layer from Liquid
US 4575330 · 1,094 citations
3%
of citations
How RSA Public-Key Encryption Keeps Digital Messages Secret
US 4405829 · 1,015 citations
3%
of citations
Rankings by total forward citations within PatentBrief's enriched patent corpus for the Software & Internet technology domain. Forward citations are the industry standard proxy for patent influence and commercial importance. Coverage reflects patents currently indexed; the full USPTO corpus is larger.