Where does PIXAR rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PIXAR ranks #3,331 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 PIXAR hold?

PIXAR holds 112 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is PIXAR's Innovation Score?

PIXAR has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does PIXAR focus on?

PIXAR's top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 98 patents, ranking #164 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is PIXAR's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PIXAR's recent grant velocity is -72% 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 PIXAR's patents?

PIXAR's patents average 19.6 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 PIXAR 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

PIXAR

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 112 granted patents across 15 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pixar ranks #3,331 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 112 patents across 15 technology areas.

#3,331
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: -72%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3331 · US Corporation #3,331 · 112 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 112 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,331/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH International…
CPC-FOCUS G06T · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -72% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC (±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 Pixar’s 43.2 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 16.3 pts (38%) Velocity 1.4 pts (3%) Breadth 13.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DOPE SECURITY · near

43
JDS Uniphase · near

43
Pason Systems · near

43
PIXAR · this assignee

43
Syqe Medical · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pixar's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Pixar?

Each dot is one of Pixar’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). Pixar’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pixar's grants concentrate

PIXAR is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (24 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Pixar sits between International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC and The Travelers Indemnity Company.

Pixar's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, PIXAR moved from 33 to 7 grants (0.21x 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 #3,078. See the growth leaderboard.

International Eng…

112
Kyowa Hakko Kirin

112
Nippon Pillar Pac…

112
Niagara Bottling

112
Queen's Universit…

112
Sandisk 3D

112
Tsmc China

112
The Travelers Ind…

112
Pixar ◀

112

What this shows PIXAR holds 112 patents at rank #3,331, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PIXAR

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,331 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PIXAR, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), PIXAR ranks #164 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

JDS Uniphase Corporation 43 Pason Systems Corp. 43 Syqe Medical Ltd. 43 DOPE.SECURITY Inc. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Procore Technologies, Inc. 19.6 avg Varian Medical Systems Particle Therapy GMBH & Co. KG 19.6 avg Infinidat Ltd. 19.6 avg Unity Technologies SF 19.6 avg

Pixar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

PIXAR patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	17.0%
2016	24	21.4%
2017	18	16.1%
2018	10	8.9%
2019	16	14.3%
2020	15	13.4%
2021	2	1.8%
2022	1	0.9%
2023	2	1.8%
2024	4	3.6%
2025partial year	1	0.9%

Which technologies does PIXAR patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 98

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 34

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 12

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

G06G - Analogue Computers 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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 1

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

PIXAR's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PIXAR's lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #3,331 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PIXAR against International Engine Intellectual Property Company, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.