Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 142 granted patents across 26 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Lucasfilm ranks #2,727 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 142 patents across 26 technology areas.
- #2,727
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 12%
- by Innovation Score (51.3/100)
- 20.5
- avg claims per patent
- -40%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R2727 · US Corporation #2,727 · 142 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 142 grants
- TOP-DECILE #2,727/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Harting Electric & KG
- CPC-FOCUS G06T · 26 areas
- INNOV-PAR 51.3/100
- CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
- TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
- VEL-DOWN -40% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Harting Electric GMBH & Co. KG (±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 Lucasfilm’s 51.3 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Lucasfilm
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Bridgelux · near
Bridgelux · near
51 score
- Lucasfilm Entertainm… · this assignee
Lucasfilm Entertainm… · this assignee
51 score
- Sanyo Denki · near
Sanyo Denki · near
51 score
- LightLab Imaging · near
LightLab Imaging · near
51 score
- Realsee (Beijing)… · near
Realsee (Beijing)… · near
51 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Lucasfilm's Innovation Score is 51.3/100 (top 12% 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 Lucasfilm?
Each dot is one of Lucasfilm’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). Lucasfilm’s own 20.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Lucasfilm's grants concentrate
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 84.5% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (31 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2024. By volume, Lucasfilm sits between Harting Electric GMBH & Co. KG and PDF Solutions, Inc..
Lucasfilm's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. moved from 38 to 22 grants (0.58x 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 #2,495. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Lucasfilm's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Harting Electric…
Harting Electric GMBH & Co. KG
142 patents
- Holtec Internatio…
Holtec International
142 patents
- IEE International…
IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A.
142 patents
- Kyungdong Navien
Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd.
142 patents
- Owen Mumford
Owen Mumford Limited
142 patents
- Ofinno
Ofinno Technologies, LLC
142 patents
- Outdoor Wireless…
Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
142 patents
- PDF Solutions
PDF Solutions, Inc.
142 patents
- Lucasfilm Enterta… ◀
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.
142 patents
What this shows Lucasfilm holds 142 patents at rank #2,727, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Lucasfilm
By rank, the assignees closest to #2,727 in granted patent volume.
- Harting Electric GMBH & Co. KG #2,723 · 142 patents
- Holtec International #2,724 · 142 patents
- IEE International Electronics & Engineering S.A. #2,725 · 142 patents
- Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. #2,726 · 142 patents
- Owen Mumford Limited #2,728 · 142 patents
- Ofinno Technologies, LLC #2,729 · 142 patents
- Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC #2,730 · 142 patents
- PDF Solutions, Inc. #2,731 · 142 patents
Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Lucasfilm's primary technology class.
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. 4,120 in class
- Canon Kabushiki Kaisha 3,282 in class
- Apple Inc. 2,522 in class
- Sony Group Corporation 2,484 in class
- Intel Corporation 2,439 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 2,389 in class
- International Business Machines Corporation 2,281 in class
- Google LLC 2,182 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lucasfilm, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Lucasfilm ranks #137 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.5 here).
Lucasfilm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 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
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 31 | 21.8% |
| 2016 | 22 | 15.5% |
| 2017 | 20 | 14.1% |
| 2018 | 6 | 4.2% |
| 2019 | 8 | 5.6% |
| 2020 | 13 | 9.2% |
| 2021 | 17 | 12.0% |
| 2022 | 6 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 11 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 5 | 3.5% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 2.1% |
Which technologies does Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. patent most?
Top 15 of 26 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 84.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
- Ranked #2,727 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Lucasfilm Entertainment Company Ltd. against Harting Electric GMBH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 51.3/100 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.
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.