Where does Netflix, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Netflix, Inc. ranks #954 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 Netflix, Inc. hold?

Netflix, Inc. holds 463 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Netflix, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Netflix, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.6 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Netflix, Inc. focus on?

Netflix, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 237 patents, ranking #104 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

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

Netflix, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +69% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Netflix, Inc.'s patents?

Netflix, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Netflix, 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

Netflix, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 463 granted patents across 25 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, Netflix ranks #954 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 463 patents across 25 technology areas.

#954
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +69%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R954 · US Corporation #954 · 463 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 463 grants
TOP-DECILE #954/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH THE Trustees OF…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +69% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Trustees OF Princeton University (±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 Netflix’s 57.6 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 21.2 pts (37%) Velocity 6.9 pts (12%) Breadth 17.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Karl Storz Imaging · near

58
Nanotek Instruments… · near

58
Netflix · this assignee

58
ServiceNow · near

58
UWM Research… · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netflix's Innovation Score is 57.6/100 (top 5% 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 Netflix?

Each dot is one of Netflix’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). Netflix’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Netflix's grants concentrate

Netflix, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 51.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (65 grants) versus a trough of 21 in 2015. By volume, Netflix sits between Snap-on Incorporated and RIKEN.

Netflix's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Netflix, Inc. moved from 157 to 162 grants (1.03x 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 #1,098. See the growth leaderboard.

Snap-on Incorpora…

465
Syngenta Crop Pro…

465
National Universi…

464
Rohm and Haas Mat…

464
THE Trustees OF P…

463
Netflix ◀

463
CNH Industrial Ca…

462
Himax

462
Riken

461

What this shows Netflix holds 463 patents at rank #954, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Netflix

By rank, the assignees closest to #954 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Netflix, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Netflix ranks #104 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

ServiceNow, Inc. 58 Karl Storz Imaging, Inc. 58 Nanotek Instruments Group, LLC 58 UWM Research Foundation, Inc. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Cellco Partnership 19.7 avg Linear Technology Holding LLC 19.7 avg Yahoo Holdings, Inc. 19.7 avg Aruba Networks, Inc. 19.7 avg

Netflix's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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.

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Netflix, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	4.5%
2016	23	5.0%
2017	33	7.1%
2018	32	6.9%
2019	50	10.8%
2020	55	11.9%
2021	52	11.2%
2022	57	12.3%
2023	65	14.0%
2024	40	8.6%
2025partial year	35	7.6%

Which technologies does Netflix, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 237

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 214

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 205

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 44

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 34

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 34

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 30

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 24

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 6

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 4

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 3

H04H - Broadcast Communication 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

Top 15 of 25 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Netflix, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 51.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #954 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Netflix, Inc. against Snap-on Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.6/100 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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