Where does Epic Games, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Epic Games, Inc. ranks #21,098 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 Epic Games, Inc. hold?

Epic Games, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Epic Games, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Epic Games, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Epic Games, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Epic Games, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Epic Games, Inc.'s patents?

Epic Games, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Epic Games, 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

Epic Games, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Epic Games, Inc. focus on?

Epic Games, Inc.'s top technology area is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 7 patents, ranking #189 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Epic ranks #21,098 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 5 technology areas.

#21,098
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21098 · US Corporation #21,098 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,098/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ensinger
CPC-NARROW A63F · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ensinger GmbH (±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 Epic’s 38.1 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 9.1 pts (24%) Velocity 10.0 pts (26%) Breadth 7.9 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cavendish Kinetics · near

38
Epic Games · this assignee

38
Ipar · near

38
Rhizen Pharmaceuticals · near

38
Sonendo · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Epic's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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 Epic?

Each dot is one of Epic’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). Epic’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Epic's grants concentrate

Epic Games, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Epic sits between Ensinger GmbH and Essex Group LLC.

Epic's three-year grant acceleration

Epic Games, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Ensinger

13
Entex Rust & Mits…

13
Eolas

13
Ephesus Lighting

13
Epic Metals

13
Epinovatech AB

13
Eric Jacoby Design

13
Essex Group

13
Epic Games ◀

13

What this shows Epic holds 13 patents at rank #21,105, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Epic

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,105 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Epic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63F (Card), Epic ranks #189 of 894 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Ipar, LLC 38 Sonendo, Inc. 38 Cavendish Kinetics, Inc. 38 Rhizen Pharmaceuticals AG 38

Epic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Epic Games, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	30.8%
2016	3	23.1%
2017	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Epic Games, Inc. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Epic Games, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Epic Games, Inc.'s lead technology class is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #21,098 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Epic Games, Inc. against Ensinger GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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

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