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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), OpenTV, Inc. ranks #1,916 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 OpenTV, Inc. hold?

OpenTV, Inc. holds 210 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is OpenTV, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

OpenTV, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.6 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does OpenTV, Inc. focus on?

OpenTV, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 149 patents. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

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

OpenTV, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -8% 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 OpenTV, Inc.'s patents?

OpenTV, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 OpenTV, 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

OpenTV, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 210 granted patents across 27 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, Opentv ranks #1,916 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 210 patents across 27 technology areas.

#1,916
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.6/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1916 · US Corporation #1,916 · 210 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 210 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,916/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Energy
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Energy 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
American Airlines · near

54
OpenTV · this assignee

54
Florida A&M University · near

54
Imasen Electric… · near

54
Raytrx · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Opentv's Innovation Score is 53.6/100 (top 9% 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 Opentv's grants concentrate

OpenTV, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 71% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (24 grants) versus a trough of 14 in 2022. By volume, Opentv sits between Hitachi High-tech Science Corporation and Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.P.A..

Opentv's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, OpenTV, Inc. moved from 62 to 51 grants (0.82x 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 #1,756. See the growth leaderboard.

Hitachi High-tech…

210
Hitachi Energy

210
National Universi…

210
Okamura

210
PHC Holdings

210
Panasonic Avionics

210
Sato

210
Solvay Specialty…

210
Opentv ◀

210

What this shows OpenTV holds 210 patents at rank #1,915, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near OpenTV

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,915 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

American Airlines, Inc. 54 Florida A&M University 54 Raytrx, LLC 54 Imasen Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.8 here).

The Governing Council of the University of Toronto 18.8 avg Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited 18.8 avg Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV 18.8 avg Li-cor, Inc. 18.8 avg

Opentv's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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OpenTV, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	11.0%
2016	18	8.6%
2017	24	11.4%
2018	24	11.4%
2019	16	7.6%
2020	22	10.5%
2021	24	11.4%
2022	14	6.7%
2023	21	10.0%
2024	16	7.6%
2025partial year	8	3.8%

Which technologies does OpenTV, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 149

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 68

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 58

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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

H04H - Broadcast Communication 10

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 7

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 6

H04M - Telephonic Communication 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

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 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 4

A63H - Toys, e.g. Tops, Dolls, Hoops OR Building Blocks 3

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,916

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.6 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

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

OpenTV, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 71% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,916 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare OpenTV, Inc. against Hitachi High-tech Science Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.6/100 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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