Where does IMAX Theatres International Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IMAX Theatres International Limited ranks #13,480 of 50,000 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 Theatres International Limited hold?

IMAX Theatres International Limited holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is IMAX Theatres International Limited's Innovation Score?

IMAX Theatres International Limited has an Innovation Score of 44.8 out of 100 (top 25% 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 Theatres International Limited focus on?

IMAX Theatres International Limited's top technology area is G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS) with 17 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is IMAX Theatres International Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IMAX Theatres International Limited's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for IMAX Theatres International Limited's patents?

IMAX Theatres International Limited's patents average 23.6 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 Theatres International Limited 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 Theatres International Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IMAX ranks #13,480 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 19 technology areas.

#13,480
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.8/100): 23.6
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13480 · Foreign Corporation #13,480 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,480/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Hydis
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hydis Technologies Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IMAX Theatres Intern… · this assignee

45
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows IMAX Theatres International Limited stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #13,480 of 50,000; Innovation Score 44.8/100 sits in the top 25% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Hydis Technologies Co., Ltd. (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

IMAX Theatres International Limited has been granted 22 US utility patents between 2016 and 2024, placing IMAX Theatres International Limited at #13,480 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 19 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 23.6 claims per patent with primary concentration in G02B (OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS). As a Foreign Corporation, IMAX Theatres International Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, IMAX sits between Hydis Technologies Co., Ltd. (22 patents, rank #13,473) and Inthesmart Co., Ltd. (22 patents, rank #13,481) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 44.8/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 14 grants, compared with 8 in the 2015–2019 window, a +75% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. IMAX Theatres International Limited's 23.6 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 19 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Hydis

22
Hyperlight

22
IDEA Nuova

22
IHI Machinery AND…

22
Importla

22
Infinitesima

22
International Cur…

22
Inthesmart

22
IMAX Theatres Int… ◀

22

What this shows IMAX holds 22 patents at rank #13,477, 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 #13,477 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

IMAX's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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IMAX Theatres International Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	13.6%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	3	13.6%
2019	1	4.5%
2020	5	22.7%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	3	13.6%
2023	2	9.1%
2024	1	4.5%

Which technologies does IMAX Theatres International Limited patent most?

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 17

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 15

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 12

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 6

G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 6

B06B - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY, ; e.g.; FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL 4

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS 4

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 4

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION 2

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS 2

E04H - BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL 2

A63J - DEVICES FOR THEATRES, CIRCUSES, OR THE LIKE; CONJURING APPLIANCES OR THE LIKE 2

G02C - SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES 1

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 1

G10K - SOUND-PRODUCING DEVICES; METHODS OR DEVICES FOR PROTECTING AGAINST, OR FOR DAMPING, NOISE OR OTHER ACOUSTIC WAVES IN GENERAL; ACOUSTICS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#13,480

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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