What Did The Patent Landscape of Oracle Look Like?

Oracle is a multinational technology corporation that specializes in developing and selling enterprise software products and cloud computing services. Established in 1977 by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner, and Ed Oates, the company has grown to become one of the largest software companies in the world. As of April 2023, Oracle’s market capitalization is approximately $200 billion USD. 

Oracle has a total of 15504 patents globally. Out of 15504 patents, 9640 patents are active

Have a look at some of the most well-known patents held by Oracle that we have covered in this article. You can also get information on Oracle patents, the global patent filing activity country-wise, its historical patent filing trends, and many more statistics regarding Oracle’s patent portfolio. 

Patent-Application Success Trend Year Wise in Oracle

This chart shows the number of applications filed and the number of grants from these applications. Grant rate is a good indicator to identify successful applications and the graph helps to understand the progress in the technology area.

Detailed Patent Portfolio Of Oracle

Publication Type	Simple Legal Status	Legal State	Count of Publications
PATENT	ACTIVE	GRANTED	5556
	DEAD	EXPIRED	3560
		NON-PAYMENT	86
		CEASED	86
		REVOKED	86
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	86
APPLICATION	ACTIVE	GRANTED	3912
	DEAD	EXPIRED	828
		DISCONTINUATION	707
		LAPSED	260
		REJECTED	86
		WITHDRAWN	86
		ABANDONED	86
		NON-PAYMENT	86
		CEASED	86
	PENDING	EXAMINATION	207
	PENDING	PUBLISHED	86
UTILITY MODEL	ACTIVE	GRANTED	86
	DEAD	NON-PAYMENT	86
		DOUBLE	86
		EXPIRED	86
DESIGN	ACTIVE	GRANTED	86
DESIGN	DEAD	EXPIRED	86

Technology Domain-wise Patent Trend in Oracle

The chart above distributes patents filed till 2021 in Oracle on the basis of the technology protected in patents. This helps to understand the most frequently used concepts and the key focus areas in the technology space.

Top Publications In The Domain With Their Forward Citation Frequency

The table below depicts the patents with most number of forward citations. These patents are likely to be the source of advancement in the domain and can be considered as valuable and core inventions.

Publication Number	Year Wise Break Down					Count of Citing Patents
Publication Number	< 2006	2006-2010	2011-2015	2016-2020	>2020	Count of Citing Patents
US-6336137-B1	124	186	487	1123	443	2363
US-5873096-A	69	162	480	1104	439	2254
US-6850895-B2	51	126	479	1121	454	2231
US-6763351-B1	4	52	530	1157	463	2206
US-6233617-B1	23	85	457	1183	441	2189
US-5963953-A	50	105	458	1094	437	2144
US-20030159136-A1	24	84	447	1114	474	2143
US-20030018830-A1	4	40	426	1185	484	2139
US-6393605-B1	57	100	448	1094	440	2139
US-6574635-B2	27	91	438	1125	457	2138

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IPC Classification Wise Patent Trend In Oracle

The table below represents the top 10 market domains according to their IPC classification where inventors believed it was critical to safeguard certain technical inventions.

IPC Classification	Number of Applications	Number of Granted	% Granted
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (G06F)	11043	6762	61
TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (H04L)	2503	1493	60
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTING PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (G06Q)	1136	459	40
INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (G11B)	460	336	73
COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS (G06N)	332	88	27
PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS (H05K)	309	220	71
IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL (G06T)	278	201	72
PULSE TECHNIQUE (H03K)	266	215	81
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (H01L)	239	180	75
MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (G01R)	232	164	71

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