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Salesforce, Inc. (CRM)

NYSE: CRM · Services-Prepackaged Software · San Francisco, CA · filing with the SEC since 2003
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

5,304 patents granted to the 25 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Salesforce, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
5,304
5,000 utility, 303 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
462
Against 476 in 2024 and 684 in 2023
Applications published
5,906
311 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
25
a former name, its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology1,885
Digital communication762
IT methods for management85
Measurement10
Telecommunications7
Medical technology5
Furniture, games4
Thermal processes and apparatus4
Audio-visual technology3
Basic communication processes1
Other special machines1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name25 counted
Salesforce.com, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in CA)
3,153 granted
1,915 published
salesforce.com, inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2,487 published
Salesforce, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,439 granted
266 published
Salesforce, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
555 published
Slack Technologies, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
245 granted
62 published
Tableau Software, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
291 granted
4 published
Slack Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
259 published
Tableau Software, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
203 published
INFORMATICA LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 3 more under the same name are not counted (printed in JP, printed in IN)
131 granted
22 published
Informatica LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
68 published
ExactTarget, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 granted
12 published
Datorama Technologies Ltd. a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in NI)
10 granted
7 published
Mulesoft, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
12 granted
5 published
ExactTarget, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
11 published
PRIVITAR LIMITED a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in GB
0 granted
8 published
ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd a subsidiary
IL, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
5 published
MuleSoft, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
7 published
DEMANDWARE INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
1 published
PRIVITAR LIMITED a subsidiary
GB, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
1 published
PredictSpring, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 granted
1 published
Quip, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
2 granted
1 published
Datorama Technologies, Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in IL
0 granted
2 published
Demandware, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
2 published
PredictSpring, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Wai’i, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,511,494Systems and methods for finetuning with learned hidden representations of parameter changesComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,479Systems and methods for in-context learning using small-scale language modelsComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 30, 202512,511,307Systems and methods for exploring quantifiable trends in line chartsComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,506,740Contextual message forwarding in a group-based communication systemDigital communicationSalesforce, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,312Phrase recommendations for data visualizationsComputer technologyTableau Software, LLC
Dec 23, 202512,505,303Database systems and methods of defining conversation automationsComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,252Generative responses with trust for large language modelsComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,178Managing metadata switches and platform licenses in a distributed systemComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,128Creation and consumption of data models that span multiple sets of factsComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,505,117Visualizing temporal informationComputer technologyTableau Software, LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0390489STATEMENT-LEVEL INSTEAD-OF DATABASE TRIGGERSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390480SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION OF TEXT AND ACTIONSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 25, 20252025/0390473SCHEMA RELATIONSHIP DISCOVERYComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384871SUPPLEMENTAL WORD SELECTION AND INSERTION IN AUTOMATED VOICE CALLSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384281DOMAIN-AWARE LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL GOVERNANCEComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384272SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING NEURAL NETWORKSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384244SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING NEURAL NETWORKSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384241SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURAL NETWORK BASED LANGUAGE MODELS OF FORECAST EXPLANATIONComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384240SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL FINETUNING OF NEURAL NETWORKSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
Dec 18, 20252025/0384209SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND EVALUATING LONG-CONTEXT NEURAL NETWORK BASED LANGUAGE MODELSComputer technologySalesforce, Inc.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 558 · Digital communication 140 · IT methods for management 34 · Telecommunications 4 · Medical technology 2 · Audio-visual technology 2.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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