Where does Paramount Pictures Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Paramount Pictures Corporation ranks #21,586 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 Paramount Pictures Corporation hold?

Paramount Pictures Corporation holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Paramount Pictures Corporation's Innovation Score?

Paramount Pictures Corporation has an Innovation Score of 51.0 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Paramount Pictures Corporation focus on?

Paramount Pictures Corporation's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 7 patents, ranking #4,773 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Paramount Pictures Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Paramount Pictures Corporation's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Paramount Pictures Corporation's patents?

Paramount Pictures Corporation's patents average 18.9 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 Paramount Pictures Corporation 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

Paramount Pictures Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Paramount ranks #21,586 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,586
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.0/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21586 · US Corporation #21,586 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,586/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pado
CPC-NARROW G06F · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pado, Inc. (±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 Paramount’s 51.0 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 9.1 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 10.6 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Paramount Pictures · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Paramount's Innovation Score is 51.0/100 (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 Paramount?

Each dot is one of Paramount’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). Paramount’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Paramount's grants concentrate

Paramount Pictures Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 53.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Paramount sits between Pado, Inc. and Pelagic Pressure Systems Corp..

Paramount's three-year grant acceleration

Paramount Pictures Corporation shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Pado

13
Panasia

13
Paques I P B V

13
Paraccel

13
Passlogy

13
Patriot Ordnance…

13
Peking University…

13
Pelagic Pressure…

13
Paramount Pictures ◀

13

What this shows Paramount holds 13 patents at rank #21,608, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Paramount

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,608 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Paramount'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

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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Paramount Pictures Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	23.1%
2016	1	7.7%
2017	2	15.4%
2018	2	15.4%
2020	1	7.7%
2022	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%
2025partial year	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Paramount Pictures Corporation patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

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 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 5

H02P - Control OR Regulation OF Electric Motors, Electric Generators OR Dynamo-electric CONVERTERS; Controlling Transformers, Reactors OR Choke Coils 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Paramount Pictures Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Paramount Pictures Corporation's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 53.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #21,586 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Paramount Pictures Corporation against Pado, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.0/100 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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