Patent Theme
Workflow Automation & Orchestration
Systems and methods for automating multi-step tasks, business processes, or service interactions, often involving AI agents, programmable interfaces, or formal orchestration languages to streamline operations.
5,047 US filings from 1,098 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,164 · 2024: 1,367 · 2025: 1,630 · 2026 YTD: 886
Operating Systems & Program Control
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | International Business Machines Corporation | 244 | 55 | 77 | 84 | 28 | +9.1% |
| 2 | UiPath, Inc. | 215 | 68 | 62 | 58 | 27 | -6.5% |
| 3 | DELL PRODUCTS L.P. | 181 | 30 | 49 | 70 | 32 | +42.9% |
| 4 | SAP SE | 168 | 36 | 56 | 52 | 24 | -7.1% |
| 5 | Bank of America Corporation | 127 | 36 | 23 | 44 | 24 | +91.3% |
| 6 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 111 | 20 | 19 | 47 | 25 | +147.4% |
| 7 | GOOGLE LLC | 108 | 24 | 36 | 35 | 13 | -2.8% |
| 8 | Salesforce, Inc. | 85 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 24 | +17.4% |
| 9 | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | 85 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 18 | +13.6% |
| 10 | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | 84 | 12 | 20 | 43 | 9 | +115.0% |
| 11 | Oracle International Corporation | 81 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 11 | -28.6% |
| 12 | ServiceNow, Inc. | 68 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 16 | +11.8% |
| 13 | The Toronto-Dominion Bank | 59 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 16 | +177.8% |
| 14 | Capital One Services, LLC | 57 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 11 | +57.1% |
| 15 | Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc. | 54 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 17 | -35.7% |
| 16 | Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 40 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 8 | -7.7% |
| 17 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 39 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 13 | +14.3% |
| 18 | AUTOMATION ANYWHERE, INC. | 39 | 14 | 14 | 11 | · | -21.4% |
| 19 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 37 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 11 | +166.7% |
| 20 | Intuit Inc. | 35 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | +22.2% |
| 21 | Docusign, Inc. | 32 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 6 | -60.0% |
| 22 | Palantir Technologies Inc. | 29 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | -50.0% |
| 23 | Apple Inc. | 27 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | +100.0% |
| 24 | Asana, Inc. | 27 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | -22.2% |
| 25 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP | 27 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 7 | -44.4% |