Where does Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. ranks #3,675 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. hold?

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. holds 99 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.9 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. focus on?

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 60 patents, ranking #314 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -69% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s patents?

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 99 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Christie ranks #3,675 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 99 patents across 40 technology areas.

#3,675
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.9/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3675 · US Corporation #3,675 · 99 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 99 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,675/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Air Distribution IP
CPC-WIDE H04N · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Christie’s 49.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 15.9 pts (32%) Velocity 1.5 pts (3%) Breadth 22.4 pts (45%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Christie Digital… · this assignee

50
Corindus · near

50
Liberty Hardware MFG · near

50
On-Bright (Shanghai) · near

50
Slack · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Christie's Innovation Score is 49.9/100 (top 14% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Christie?

Each dot is one of Christie’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Christie’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Christie vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Christie's grants concentrate

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 60.6% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (18 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2023. By volume, Christie sits between Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC and Dura Operating, LLC.

Christie's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. moved from 31 to 7 grants (0.23x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Air Distribution…

99
B&R Industrial Au…

99
Bolton Medical

99
Borgwarner Ludwig…

99
Cooledge Lighting

99
Corteva Agriscien…

99
DR Reddy's Labora…

99
Dura Operating

99
Christie Digital… ◀

99

What this shows Christie holds 99 patents at rank #3,675, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Christie

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,675 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Christie's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Christie, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Christie ranks #314 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Corindus, Inc. 50 Liberty Hardware MFG. Corp. 50 Slack Technologies, LLC 50 On-Bright Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.9 here).

Technische UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN 16.9 avg PDF Solutions, Inc. 16.9 avg Mitel Networks Corporation 16.9 avg Kongsberg Automotive AB 16.9 avg

Christie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	18.2%
2016	16	16.2%
2017	12	12.1%
2018	14	14.1%
2019	15	15.2%
2020	10	10.1%
2021	6	6.1%
2022	4	4.0%
2023	3	3.0%
2025partial year	1	1.0%

Which technologies does Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 60

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 41

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 34

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 20

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 7

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 6

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

Top 15 of 40 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #3,675 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. against Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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