Where does Imax Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imax Corporation ranks #11,283 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 Imax Corporation hold?

Imax Corporation holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Imax Corporation's Innovation Score?

Imax Corporation has an Innovation Score of 46.6 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Imax Corporation focus on?

Imax Corporation's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 20 patents, ranking #774 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Imax Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imax Corporation's recent grant velocity is -72% 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 Imax Corporation's patents?

Imax Corporation's patents average 24.5 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 Imax Corporation 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

Imax Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 15 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, Imax ranks #11,283 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 15 technology areas.

#11,283
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.6/100): 24.5
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11283 · Foreign Corporation #11,283 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,283/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ideahub
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ideahub 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 Imax’s 46.6 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 11.5 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 13.7 pts (29%) Claim depth 14.7 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BIG Dutchman… · near

47
Eizo · near

47
Guangzhou Tyrafos… · near

47
Modumetal · near

47
Imax · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Imax's Innovation Score is 46.6/100 (top 20% 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 Imax?

Each dot is one of Imax’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). Imax’s own 24.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imax's grants concentrate

Imax Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 74.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Imax sits between I.R.C.A. S.P.A. Industria Resistenze Corazzate E Affini and Inserm.

Imax's three-year grant acceleration

Imax Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

I R C A S P A Ind…

27
Ideahub

27
Iljin Global

27
IllycaffÈ S P A

27
Immervision

27
INA Acquisition

27
Infovision Optoel…

27
Inserm

27
Imax ◀

27

What this shows Imax holds 27 patents at rank #11,282, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imax

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,282 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Imax, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Imax ranks #774 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

BIG Dutchman International GMBH 47 Modumetal, Inc. 47 Guangzhou Tyrafos Semiconductor Technologies Co., Ltd. 47 Eizo Corporation 47

Imax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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.

View data table

Imax Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	25.9%
2016	4	14.8%
2017	2	7.4%
2018	2	7.4%
2019	3	11.1%
2021	1	3.7%
2023	1	3.7%
2024	3	11.1%
2025partial year	4	14.8%

Which technologies does Imax Corporation patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 20

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 10

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 4

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 3

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

A63J - Devices FOR Theatres, Circuses, OR THE LIKE; Conjuring Appliances OR THE Like 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Imax Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Imax Corporation's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 74.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #11,283 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imax Corporation against I.R.C.A. S.P.A. Industria Resistenze Corazzate E Affini, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.6/100 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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