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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Niantic, Inc. ranks #3,741 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 Niantic, Inc. hold?

Niantic, Inc. holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Niantic, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Niantic, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 56.4 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Niantic, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +306% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Niantic, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Niantic, 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

Niantic, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Niantic, Inc. focus on?

Niantic, 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 67 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 20 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: 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, Niantic ranks #3,741 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 20 technology areas.

#3,741
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.4/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +306%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3741 · US Corporation #3,741 · 97 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,741/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lord
CPC-FOCUS A63F · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +306% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lord Corporation (±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
Atombeam · near

56
Conti Temic… · near

56
Continental… · near

56
Illinois Institute… · near

56
Niantic · this assignee

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Niantic's Innovation Score is 56.4/100 (top 6% 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.

Where Niantic's grants concentrate

Niantic, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 69.1% 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 2024 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Niantic sits between Lord Corporation and PassiveLogic, Inc..

Niantic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Niantic, Inc. moved from 24 to 47 grants (1.96x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Lord

97
Mobile Technology

97
Nuvasive Speciali…

97
New York Air Brake

97
Novell

97
Orcam

97
Packsize

97
Passivelogic

97
Niantic ◀

97

What this shows Niantic holds 97 patents at rank #3,741, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Niantic

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,741 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Niantic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Conti Temic microelectronic GmbH 56 Continental Automotive France 56 Illinois Institute of Technology 56 Atombeam Technologies Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd. 19.4 avg Clover Network, LLC. 19.4 avg STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS 19.4 avg Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited 19.4 avg

Niantic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% 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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Niantic, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.0%
2017	8	8.2%
2018	1	1.0%
2019	6	6.2%
2020	7	7.2%
2021	11	11.3%
2022	10	10.3%
2023	18	18.6%
2024	19	19.6%
2025partial year	16	16.5%

Which technologies does Niantic, Inc. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 67

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 39

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 19

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 18

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 16

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 8

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

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 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,741

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

56.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Niantic, 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), 69.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #3,741 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Niantic, Inc. against Lord Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.4/100 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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