Oracle has a total of 52613 patents globally, out of which 20797 have been granted. Of these 52613 patents, more than 76% patents are active. United States of America is where Oracle has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe and China and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for Oracle is USA, it has generated an annual revenue of $39.07 billion in the year 2020. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Oracle.
Oracle was founded in 1977 by Lawrence Joseph Ellison. Company is doing business in cloud and license, hardware, and software services, it sells its cloud-engineering services and systems and database management systems. As of November 2021, Oracle has a market cap of $248.05 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Oracle which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Oracle’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Oracle’s patent portfolio.
How many patents does Oracle have?
Oracle has a total of 52613 patents globally. These patents belong to 59100 unique patent families. Out of 52613 patents, 6283 patents are active.
How many Oracle patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Oracle File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Year of Patents Filing or Grant | Oracle Applications Filed | Oracle Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 1807 | 1231 |
| 2012 | 2294 | 1131 |
| 2013 | 2532 | 1032 |
| 2014 | 2464 | 1073 |
| 2015 | 2530 | 937 |
| 2016 | 1939 | 1039 |
| 2017 | 2082 | 1183 |
| 2018 | 1601 | 1193 |
| 2019 | 1436 | 1371 |
| 2020 | 839 | 1136 |
| 2021 | 209 | 903 |
How Many Patents did Oracle File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Oracle Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 34076 |
| Europe | 3929 |
| China | 2290 |
| Australia | 2093 |
| Japan | 1939 |
| United Kingdom | 1148 |
| India | 751 |
| Canada | 485 |
| Korea (South) | 369 |
| Germany | 343 |
| Taiwan | 179 |
| Austria | 135 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 111 |
| New Zealand | 42 |
| Brazil | 39 |
| Singapore | 33 |
| Sweden | 28 |
| Israel | 26 |
| Russia | 24 |
| Mexico | 20 |
| Spain | 19 |
| Eurasia | 15 |
| South Africa | 7 |
| Denmark | 6 |
| France | 6 |
| Poland | 4 |
| Ireland | 3 |
| Portugal | 2 |
| Slovenia | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 1 |
| Finland | 1 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Cyprus | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Oracle Patents Located?
10 Best Oracle Patents
US6336137B1 is the most popular patent in the Oracle portfolio. It has received 2149 citations so far from companies like Cisco, IBM and Microsoft.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Oracle:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US6336137B1 | 2149 |
| USD454139S1 | 2013 |
| US6763351B1 | 1980 |
| US6711565B1 | 1901 |
| US6732100B1 | 1890 |
| US6732095B1 | 1847 |
| US6609150B2 | 1823 |
| US6804330B1 | 1823 |
| US6434550B1 | 1813 |
| US6665655B1 | 1774 |
Which Companies are using Oracle Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies in the Oracle patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft and SAP.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| IBM | 4140 |
| Microsoft | 1862 |
| SAP | 935 |
| Intel | 785 |
| Hewlett Packard | 563 |
| Bank Of New York | 561 |
| Amazon | 524 |
| 513 | |
| Samsung | 472 |
| Salesforce | 437 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Oracle Patents
Top Oracle Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US7908645B2 | 93 |
| US20060282660A1 | 93 |
| US8776050B2 | 92 |
| US20050120160A1 | 92 |
| US7831693B2 | 59 |
| US20050044197A1 | 59 |
| US8739278B2 | 53 |
| US20090089869A1 | 53 |
| US7610390B2 | 48 |
| US20030149781A1 | 48 |
What Percentage of Oracle US Patent Applications were Granted?
Oracle (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 19005 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 16991 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 95.09%.
Below are the key stats of Oracle patent prosecution at the USPTO.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Oracle?
| Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
| Oracle Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Llp | 2793 | 92.18% |
| Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma Oracle | 1578 | 95.34% |
| Tucker Ellis Llp | 1458 | 95.14% |
| Fbfk Oracle | 1277 | 98.82% |
| Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel Oracle | 931 | 98.24% |
| Pvf Oracle America Inc | 833 | 100.00% |
| Potomac Law Group Pllc Oracle International | 710 | 86.59% |
| B Noel Kivlin | 530 | 100.00% |
| Hickman Becker Bingham Ledesma Llp | 499 | 99.03% |
| Kraguljac Law Group Oracle | 464 | 82.56% |
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What Technologies are Covered by Oracle?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Oracle in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Oracle thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
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