Where does Disney Enterprises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Disney Enterprises, Inc. ranks #197 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 Disney Enterprises, Inc. hold?

Disney Enterprises, Inc. holds 2,051 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 165 technology areas.

What is Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Disney Enterprises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.4 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Disney Enterprises, Inc. focus on?

Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 699 patents, ranking #119 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 165 CPC subclasses total.

Is Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s patents?

Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Disney Enterprises, 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

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,051 granted patents across 165 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Disney ranks #197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,051 patents across 165 technology areas.

#197
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.4/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R197 · US Corporation #197 · 2,051 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #197/49,997
NEAR-PEER Ethicon
CPC-WIDE G06F · 165 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ethicon, Inc. (±9 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 Disney’s 66.4 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 26.3 pts (40%) Velocity 3.5 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abiomed · near

66
Disney Enterprises · this assignee

66
Raytheon · near

66
ATI ULC · near

66
Cambridge Mobile… · near

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Disney's Innovation Score is 66.4/100 (top 1% 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 Disney?

Each dot is one of Disney’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). Disney’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Disney's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Disney Enterprises, Inc. received 835 grants versus 1,116 in 2015–2019 (-25% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 244 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 95. Lead class G06F accounts for 34.1% of the portfolio across 165 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (#193) and IGT (#201).

Disney's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Disney Enterprises, Inc. moved from 704 to 373 grants (0.53x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,620. See the growth leaderboard.

Fujifilm Business…

2,077
Beijing BOE Optoe…

2,069
Realtek Semicondu…

2,067
Skyworks Solutions

2,061
Disney Enterprises ◀

2,051
Ethicon

2,042
Broadcom

2,041
Mastercard Intern…

2,038
IGT

2,014

What this shows Disney holds 2,051 patents at rank #197, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Disney

By rank, the assignees closest to #197 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Disney, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Disney ranks #119 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

Raytheon Technologies Corporation 66 Abiomed, Inc. 66 ATI Technologies ULC 66 Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc. 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Inphi Corporation 19.2 avg 7-eleven, Inc. 19.2 avg Titan Medical Inc. 19.2 avg Exelis Inc. 19.2 avg

Disney's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Disney Enterprises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	210	10.2%
2016	199	9.7%
2017	230	11.2%
2018	235	11.5%
2019	242	11.8%
2020	244	11.9%
2021	218	10.6%
2022	152	7.4%
2023	126	6.1%
2024	95	4.6%
2025partial year	100	4.9%

Which technologies does Disney Enterprises, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 699

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 610

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 599

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 272

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 249

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 229

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 174

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 157

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 119

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 89

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 82

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 70

A63G - MERRY-GO-ROUNDS; SWINGS; ROCKING-HORSES; CHUTES; SWITCHBACKS; Similar Devices FOR Public Amusement 67

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 61

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 59

Top 15 of 165 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

Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 34.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Disney Enterprises, Inc. against Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.4/100 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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