Where does Playtech Software Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Playtech Software Limited ranks #16,287 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 Playtech Software Limited hold?

Playtech Software Limited holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Playtech Software Limited's Innovation Score?

Playtech Software Limited has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Playtech Software Limited focus on?

Playtech Software Limited's top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 11 patents, ranking #169 of 1,075 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Playtech Software Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Playtech Software Limited's recent grant velocity is +120% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Playtech Software Limited's patents?

Playtech Software Limited's patents average 11.3 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 Playtech Software Limited 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 Foreign Corporation

Playtech Software Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 6 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: G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Playtech ranks #16,287 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 6 technology areas.

#16,287
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +120%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16287 · Foreign Corporation #16,287 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,287/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Parcus Medical
CPC-NARROW G07F · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +120% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Parcus Medical, 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 Playtech’s 45.6 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 10.2 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 8.7 pts (19%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Playtech Software · this assignee

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What this shows Playtech's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 Playtech?

Each dot is one of Playtech’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). Playtech’s own 11.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Playtech's grants concentrate

Playtech Software Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Playtech sits between Parcus Medical, LLC and Process4, Inc..

Playtech's three-year grant acceleration

Playtech Software Limited shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Parcus Medical

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Pexip AS

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PMD

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Power Beauty (Don…

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Prevent-plus

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Process4

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Playtech Software ◀

18

What this shows Playtech holds 18 patents at rank #16,275, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Playtech

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,275 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Playtech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Playtech Software Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.1%
2016	1	5.6%
2017	1	5.6%
2019	1	5.6%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	3	16.7%
2023	5	27.8%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	2	11.1%

Which technologies does Playtech Software Limited patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 11

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

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 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Playtech Software Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Playtech Software Limited's lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #16,287 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Playtech Software Limited against Parcus Medical, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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

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.