Company Analysis

Workiva Inc. (WK)

NYSE: WK · Services-Prepackaged Software · Ames, IA · filing with the SEC since 2008
Grade5.5
◀ Past 4.9● Present 5.4▶ Future 6.1

Patents

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

88 patents granted to the 4 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 Workiva Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
88
87 utility, 1 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 9 in 2024 and 8 in 2023
Applications published
77
3 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
4
its own name, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'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 technology30
Digital communication3
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name4 counted
WORKIVA INC. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
83 granted
0 published
WORKIVA INC. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
71 published
Webfilings LLC a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
5 granted
5 published
WEBFILINGS LLC a former name
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, 202512,511,471Systems and methods for translation comments flowbackComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Jul 15, 202512,361,064Systems and methods for XBRL tag outlier detectionComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Feb 18, 202512,229,502Method, system, and computing device for facilitating private draftingComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Dec 24, 202412,175,190Method for partially publishing edits to a documentDigital communicationWORKIVA INC.
Oct 1, 202412,106,037Systems and methods for XBRL tag suggestion and validationComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Aug 6, 202412,056,447System and method for document branchingComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Jun 18, 202412,014,136Systems and methods for translation comments flowbackComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Jun 18, 202412,014,133System and method for XBRL reviewComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Jun 11, 202412,008,306Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for flow-through formatting for linksComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Jan 9, 202411,868,712Method for partially publishing edits to a documentDigital communicationWORKIVA INC.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Oct 30, 20252025/0335506SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR XBRL TAG OUTLIER DETECTIONComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
May 8, 20252025/0148105SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMENT PERMISSIONSComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Mar 6, 20252025/0077763SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR XBRL TAG SUGGESTION AND VALIDATIONComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Oct 3, 20242024/0330569SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR XBRL REVIEWComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Sep 26, 20242024/0320418SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSLATION COMMENTS FLOWBACKComputer technologyWORKIVA INC. · patent 12,511,471 granted from it
Jun 27, 20242024/0211513SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR XBRL TAG OUTLIER DETECTIONComputer technologyWORKIVA INC. · patent 12,361,064 granted from it
May 2, 20242024/0143905METHOD FOR PARTIALLY PUBLISHING EDITS TO A DOCUMENTDigital communicationWORKIVA INC. · patent 12,175,190 granted from it
Apr 18, 20242024/0126980SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR XBRL REVIEWComputer technologyWORKIVA INC. · patent 12,014,133 granted from it
Jan 25, 20242024/0028823SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING LINKS AND REVISIONSComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
Dec 28, 20232023/0419024METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR FACILITATING PRIVATE DRAFTINGComputer technologyWORKIVA INC.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 8 · Digital communication 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 WK · research, not advice