Atlassian has a total of 479 patents globally, out of which 313 have been granted. Of these 479 patents, more than 88% patents are active. USA is where Atlassian has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by countries of Europe and Australia, it has generated an annual revenue of $2.089 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, Australia seems to be the main focused R&D center of Atlassian.
Atlassian was founded in the year 2002 by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar. It is an Australian Software company. As of April 2022, Atlassian has a market cap of $61.76 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Atlassian which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Atlassian patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Atlassian patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Atlassian have?
The founders & CEOs, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar, have 0 patents.
How many patents does Atlassian have?
Atlassian has a total of 479 patents globally. These patents belong to 264 unique patent families. Out of 479 patents, 424 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Atlassian 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 | Atlassian Applications Filed | Atlassian Patents Granted |
2011 | 9 | 5 |
2012 | 6 | 3 |
2013 | 7 | 14 |
2014 | 17 | 14 |
2015 | 17 | 8 |
2016 | 22 | 20 |
2017 | 29 | 18 |
2018 | 45 | 12 |
2019 | 103 | 32 |
2020 | 100 | 51 |
2021 | 50 | 80 |
2022 | – | 29 |
How many Atlassian patents are Alive/Dead?

How Many Patents did Atlassian File in Different Countries?

Where are Research Centres of Atlassian Patents Located?

10 Best Atlassian Patents
US7974387B2 is the most popular patent in the Atlassian portfolio. It has received 226 citations so far from companies like AT&T and Cisco.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Atlassian:
Publication Number | Citation Count |
US7974387B2 | 226 |
US7426654B2 | 221 |
US7525422B2 | 203 |
US8484355B1 | 169 |
US7370278B2 | 104 |
WO2010051073A1 | 91 |
US20040003084A1 | 88 |
US9436443B2 | 86 |
WO2010051068A1 | 72 |
US9075638B2 | 63 |
Which Companies are using Atlassian 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 Atlassian patent portfolio are IBM, AT&T, and Verizon.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
Company | Number of Patents |
IBM | 18 |
AT&T | 8 |
Verizon | 5 |
C3DNA | 4 |
Amazon | 4 |
Joingo | 3 |
Ericsson | 3 |
Qualcomm | 2 |
Oracle | 2 |
Cisco | 2 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Atlassian Patents

Top Atlassian Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
US8370481B2 | 14 |
US9075638B2 | 13 |
US8499034B2 | 11 |
US9317670B2 | 9 |
US7974387B2 | 9 |
US8869233B2 | 7 |
US8700761B2 | 7 |
US9148487B2 | 6 |
US7808903B2 | 5 |
US9479394B2 | 5 |
US20160335583A1 | 4 |
US9118706B2 | 3 |
US8463760B2 | 3 |
US7965622B2 | 3 |
US9071551B2 | 3 |
Jira, a project-tracking tool that helps software teams address internal issues and evaluate performance; Confluence, a product that makes it easier for teams to collaborate, share projects, and communicate across mobile and desktop devices; and HipChat, which allows workers to chat privately and in groups, are the company’s most well-known products.
Atlassian established a programme dubbed Point A in April 2021 in an effort to boost internal innovation and co-create with customers eager to disclose challenges they desired the company’s aid with.
Point A resulted in the release of five new products, including Halp, a ticketing help-desk alternative incorporated into messaging platforms like Slack and Microsoft Departments which allows nontechnical teams like finance to monitor projects alongside developers.
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