Company Analysis

Workday, Inc. (WDAY)

Nasdaq: WDAY · Services-Computer Processing & Data Preparation · Pleasanton, CA · filing with the SEC since 2005
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◀ Past 5.4● Present 5.9▶ Future 4.7

Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

287 patents granted to the 8 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 Workday, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
287
287 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
31
Against 26 in 2024 and 33 in 2023
Applications published
191
23 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
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 technology88
Digital communication48
IT methods for management12
Furniture, games2
Control1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Workday, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
279 granted
7 published
Workday, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
168 published
Paradox, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
7 granted
6 published
HIREDSCORE INC. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 published
Adaptive Insights, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
3 published
HIREDSCORE INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 granted
2 published
Evisort Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
1 published
Pipe Dream, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,505,184Data security for dataframes as a serviceComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,493,600Rearranging nodes for conjoined tree data structureComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Nov 25, 202512,481,589Horizontal scaling of version caches in a distributed high-concurrency multi-user environmentComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Nov 18, 202512,475,021Performance profiling user interface for cloud hosted servicesComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Nov 18, 202512,474,988Performance profiling of cloud hosted servicesComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,960Prediction model training using detected anomaliesComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Nov 11, 202512,468,678What if scenario planning-updating a base plan versionComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Oct 28, 202512,456,085Anomaly detection of miscoded tags in data fieldsIT methods for managementWorkday, Inc.
Oct 28, 202512,456,006Copy-paste triggered formula generationComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Oct 28, 202512,455,932Predictive feedback engine for improving search relevance in a tenant configurable hybrid search systemComputer technologyWorkday, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 30 · IT methods for management 6 · Digital communication 5 · Medical technology 1 · Basic communication processes 1.

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.

SI Assistanton WDAY · research, not advice