Workday has a total of 430 patents globally, out of which 311 have been granted. Of these 430 patents, more than 80% patents are active. USA is where Workday has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by European Countries and Canada, it has generated an annual revenue of $5.14 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center of Workday.
Workday was founded in the year 2005 by Dave Duffield and Aneel Bhusri. Company is a cloud-based financial management, human capital management, and student information system software provider based in the United States. As of May 2022, Workday has a market cap of $52.31 Billion.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Workday which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Workday patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Workday patent portfolio.
How many patents does the founder and the CEO of Workday have?
The co-founder, Dave Duffield has 0 patents. The CEO & co-founder, Aneel Bhusri, has 0 patents.
How many patents does Workday have?
Workday has a total of 430 patents globally. These patents belong to 193 unique patent families. Out of 430 patents, 348 patents are active.
How Many Patents did Workday 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 | Workday Applications Filed | Workday Patents Granted |
| 2011 | 17 | 11 |
| 2012 | 12 | 15 |
| 2013 | 38 | 17 |
| 2014 | 27 | 15 |
| 2015 | 48 | 17 |
| 2016 | 55 | 28 |
| 2017 | 39 | 24 |
| 2018 | 41 | 22 |
| 2019 | 32 | 38 |
| 2020 | 16 | 53 |
| 2021 | 11 | 33 |
| 2022 | – | 5 |
How many Workday patents are Alive/Dead?
How Many Patents did Workday File in Different Countries?
Where are Research Centres of Workday Patents Located?
Of the 193 R&D Centres, all of them are located in USA.
10 Best Workday Patents
US20020099738A1 is the most popular patent in the Workday portfolio. It has received 345 citations so far from companies like IBM, Bea Systems, and Cisco.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Workday:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20020099738A1 | 345 |
| US7206568B2 | 257 |
| US6996558B2 | 245 |
| US6985839B1 | 177 |
| US6954748B2 | 161 |
| US6480836B1 | 143 |
| US7299194B1 | 137 |
| US8489110B2 | 134 |
| US6629094B1 | 133 |
| US7426520B2 | 123 |
Which Companies are using Workday 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 Workday patent portfolio are IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle.
List of the top forward citing Companies –
| Company | Number of Patents |
| IBM | 49 |
| Microsoft | 43 |
| Oracle | 18 |
| SAP | 15 |
| 12 | |
| AT&T | 11 |
| Samsung | 8 |
| Searete | 8 |
| Red Hat | 8 |
| Salesforce | 7 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Workday Patents
Top Workday Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejected Applications |
| US8489110B2 | 38 |
| US9251521B2 | 22 |
| US7426520B2 | 17 |
| US7680828B2 | 14 |
| US7418600B2 | 11 |
| US8112100B2 | 11 |
| US7831592B2 | 11 |
| US8671179B2 | 10 |
| US8438642B2 | 10 |
| US6954748B2 | 9 |
| US8346761B2 | 9 |
| US8559968B2 | 8 |
| US20080014964A1 | 8 |
| US8447721B2 | 8 |
| US7206568B2 | 7 |
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