Where does Game Freak Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Game Freak Inc. ranks #40,361 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 Game Freak Inc. hold?

Game Freak Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Game Freak Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Game Freak Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.4 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Game Freak Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Game Freak Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Game Freak Inc.'s patents?

Game Freak Inc.'s patents average 17.7 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 Game Freak 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 Foreign Corporation

Game Freak Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Game Freak Inc. focus on?

Game Freak 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 6 patents, ranking #224 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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, Game ranks #40,361 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#40,361
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.4/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40361 · Foreign Corporation #40,361 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,361/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Galil Medical
CPC-NARROW A63F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Galil Medical Inc. (±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 Game’s 24.4 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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Game Freak · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Game's Innovation Score is 24.4/100 (14th percentile 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 Game?

Each dot is one of Game’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). Game’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Game's grants concentrate

Game Freak Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Game sits between Galil Medical Inc. and Gascontec GMBH.

Galil Medical

6
Gallant Micro Mac…

6
Galmed Research A…

6
Galomb

6
Gaming Support B V

6
Gammon Technical…

6
Ganzhou Shangjie…

6
Gascontec

6
Game Freak ◀

6

What this shows Game holds 6 patents at rank #40,347, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Game

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,347 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Game's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Game Freak Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	33.3%
2018	3	50.0%
2019	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Game Freak Inc. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Game Freak Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Game Freak 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), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #40,361 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Game Freak Inc. against Galil Medical Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.4/100 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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