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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pinterest, Inc. ranks #3,023 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 Pinterest, Inc. hold?

Pinterest, Inc. holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Pinterest, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pinterest, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.2 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 Pinterest, Inc. focus on?

Pinterest, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 105 patents, ranking #524 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Pinterest, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +573% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Pinterest, 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 Pinterest, 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

Pinterest, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Pinterest ranks #3,023 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,023
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.2/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +573%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3023 · US Corporation #3,023 · 126 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,023/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH MX
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +573% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: MX Technologies, 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 Pinterest’s 53.2 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 16.7 pts (31%) Velocity 13.7 pts (26%) Breadth 11.2 pts (21%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Daiichi Kigenso… · near

53
Encodia · near

53
Pinterest · this assignee

53
Two Six Labs · near

53
Dreamwell · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pinterest's Innovation Score is 53.2/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Pinterest?

Each dot is one of Pinterest’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). Pinterest’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pinterest's grants concentrate

Pinterest, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (25 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Pinterest sits between MX Technologies, Inc. and THE Hillman Group, Inc..

Pinterest's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pinterest, Inc. moved from 36 to 74 grants (2.06x 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 #201. See the growth leaderboard.

MX

126
NEC Laboratories…

126
Nanotronics Imagi…

126
Piolax

126
S&C Electric

126
SUN Pharmaceutica…

126
Sogang University…

126
THE Hillman Group

126
Pinterest ◀

126

What this shows Pinterest holds 126 patents at rank #3,023, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pinterest

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,023 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pinterest, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Pinterest ranks #524 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. 53 Two Six Labs, LLC 53 Encodia, Inc. 53 Dreamwell, Ltd. 53

Similar claim depth

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

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 19.4 avg Fyusion, Inc. 19.4 avg Vonage Business Inc. 19.4 avg Finisar Corporation 19.4 avg

Pinterest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Pinterest, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	1.6%
2018	4	3.2%
2019	9	7.1%
2020	10	7.9%
2021	17	13.5%
2022	25	19.8%
2023	25	19.8%
2024	24	19.0%
2025partial year	10	7.9%

Which technologies does Pinterest, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 105

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 43

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 34

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 14

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 5

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 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

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

Pinterest, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #3,023 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pinterest, Inc. against MX Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.2/100 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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