Shiftleft has a total of 9 patents globally, out of which 4 have been granted. Of these 9 patents, more than 88% patents are active. The United States of America is where Shiftleft has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Europe. Parallelly, the United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D centre and also is the origin country of Shiftleft.
Shiftleft was founded in the year 2016. Shiftleft creates and oversees security software programmes. To find cloud-centric vulnerabilities like flaws in business logic, data leakage, hard-coded literals, and insider threats, the company provides a security platform that combines static and intelligent software composition analysis, as well as contextual security training solutions.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Shiftleft which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Shiftleft patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Shiftleft patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Shiftleft have?
The Founder Manish Gupta has 15 patents, Vlad Alexandru Ionescu has 4 patents, Chetan Conikee has 11 patents and also CEO Stuart McClure has 28 patents.
How many patents does Shiftleft have?
Shiftleft has a total of 9 patents globally. These patents belong to 4 unique patent families. Out of 9 patents, 8 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Shiftleft 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 | Shiftleft Applications Filed | Shiftleft Patents Granted |
2022 | – | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | – |
2018 | 5 | – |
How many Shiftleft patents are Alive/Dead?

How Many Patents did Shiftleft File in Different Countries?

Countries in which Shiftleft Filed Patents
Country | Patents |
United States of America | 7 |
Europe | 1 |
Where are the Research Centres of Shiftleft Patents Located?
The Research Center of Shiftleft Patents is the United States of America.
What Percentage of Shiftleft US Patent Applications were Granted?
Shiftleft (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 5 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 3 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 100%.
Below are the key stats of Shiftleft patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Shiftleft?
Law Firm | Total Applications | Success Rate |
Brian Van Osdol | 5 | 100% |
List of Shiftleft patents –
Shiftleft Patents | Title |
US11436337B2 | System and method for application security profiling |
US20210312082A1 | System and method for code-based protection of sensitive data |
US20210271759A1 | System and method for securing applications through an application-aware runtime agent |
US11074362B2 | System and method for code-based protection of sensitive data |
US10956574B2 | System and method for securing applications through an application-aware runtime agent |
EP3610395A4 | System and method for application security profiling |
US10740470B2 | System and method for application security profiling |
US20200159934A1 | System and method for information flow analysis of application code |
WO2018222852A1 | System and method for application security profiling |