Shopify Patents – Key Insights and Stats

Shopify has a total of 444 patents globally, out of which 160 have been granted. Of these 444 patents, more than 97% patents are active. The USA is where Shopify has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by Canada and European Countries, it has generated an annual revenue of $4.6 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, China seems to be the main focused R&D centre of Shopify.

Shopify was founded in the year 2006 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand and Scott Lake. The corporation is an international e-commerce corporation based in Ottawa, Ontario. As of May 2022, Shopify has a market cap of $44.09 Billion.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of Shopify which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Shopify patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Shopify patent portfolio.

How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Shopify have?

The founder and CEO, Tobias Lütke, has 0 patents. The co-founders, Daniel Weinand and Scott Lake, have 0 patents.

How many patents does Shopify have?

Shopify has a total of 444 patents globally. These patents belong to 186 unique patent families. Out of 444 patents, 431 patents are active.

How Many Patents did Shopify File Every Year?

Shopify Patent Filing Trend

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 GrantShopify Applications FiledShopify Patents Granted
201154
201234
201356
201467
201555
201694
2017139
20183414
20198118
202014218
202111840
2022122

How many Shopify patents are Alive/Dead?

Shopify Patent Portfolio

How Many Patents did Shopify File in Different Countries?

Shopify Worldwide Patent Filing

Where are Research Centres of Shopify Patents Located?

R&D Centres of Shopify

10 Best Shopify Patents

US7580699B1 is the most popular patent in the Shopify portfolio. It has received 142 citations so far from companies like Toshiba, Xerox, and Yahoo!

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Shopify:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US7580699B1142
US7327731B138
US8412514B133
US7575163B231
US7707594B122
US6892939B220
US8656420B218
US7917356B218
US7543735B218
US9742690B216

Which Companies are using Shopify 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 Shopify patent portfolio are IBM, Walmart Apollo, and Huawei.

List of the top forward citing Companies –

CompanyNumber of Patents
IBM13
Walmart Apollo6
Huawei5
Microsoft4
AT&T4
Paypal4
Toshiba3
Amazon3
Ribbon Communications3
Sony Corporation3

Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Shopify Patents

Shopify Patent Portfolio

Top Shopify Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications

Patent NumberCount of Rejected Applications
US9594649B218
US9053750B215
US7580699B111
US8254881B27
US9742690B26
US9834380B25
US7575163B24
US8626200B23
US8719010B23
US8566653B23
US7707594B13
US7543735B22
US20200279265A12
US8281326B22
US9613636B21

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What are Shopify’s key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by Shopify’s?

The chart below distributes patents filed by Shopify’s in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Shopify’s thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has Shopify’s search focus changed over the years?

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