Where does Pandora Media, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pandora Media, Inc. ranks #8,661 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 Pandora Media, Inc. hold?

Pandora Media, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Pandora Media, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pandora Media, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pandora Media, Inc. focus on?

Pandora Media, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 23 patents, ranking #1,823 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Pandora Media, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -46% 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 Pandora Media, Inc.'s patents?

Pandora Media, Inc.'s patents average 20.2 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 Pandora Media, 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

Pandora Media, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pandora ranks #8,661 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 10 technology areas.

#8,661
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8661 · US Corporation #8,661 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,661/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pacific Engineering
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pacific Engineering 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.

How Pandora’s 36.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.6 pts (35%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Deephaven Data Labs · near

36
Fujitsu Connected · near

36
Guangzhou Ucweb… · near

36
James Cook University · near

36
Pandora Media · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pandora's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Pandora?

Each dot is one of Pandora’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). Pandora’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pandora's grants concentrate

Pandora Media, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 62.2% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Pandora sits between Pacific Engineering Corporation and Quotient Technology Inc..

Pandora's three-year grant acceleration

Pandora Media, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Pacific Engineeri…

37
Progressive Casua…

37
Prologium Technol…

37
Protec

37
Pieris Pharmaceut…

37
Pioneer DJ Copora…

37
Pulse Finland OY

37
Quotient Technolo…

37
Pandora Media ◀

37

What this shows Pandora holds 37 patents at rank #8,663, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pandora

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,663 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pandora, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Pandora ranks #1,823 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Deephaven Data Labs LLC 36 Fujitsu Connected Technologies Limited 36 Guangzhou Ucweb Computer Technology Co., Ltd 36 James Cook University 36

Pandora's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Pandora Media, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	10	27.0%
2017	4	10.8%
2018	4	10.8%
2019	6	16.2%
2020	6	16.2%
2021	6	16.2%
2022	1	2.7%

Which technologies does Pandora Media, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 21

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 20

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

H04H - Broadcast Communication 10

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Pandora Media, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 62.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #8,661 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pandora Media, Inc. against Pacific Engineering Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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.

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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