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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Prysm, Inc. ranks #6,181 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 Prysm, Inc. hold?

Prysm, Inc. holds 55 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Prysm, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Prysm, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Prysm, Inc. focus on?

Prysm, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 33 patents, ranking #528 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

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

Prysm, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Prysm, Inc.'s patents?

Prysm, Inc.'s patents average 20.0 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 Prysm, 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

Prysm, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 55 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Prysm ranks #6,181 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 55 patents across 18 technology areas.

#6,181
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6181 · US Corporation #6,181 · 55 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 55 grants
UPPER-Q #6,181/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Minimax Viking…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH (±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 Prysm’s 40.9 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 13.9 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BackBeat Medical · near

41
MRA Systems · near

41
Proteus Industries · near

41
Prysm · this assignee

41
Sangmyung University… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Prysm's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Prysm?

Each dot is one of Prysm’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). Prysm’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Prysm's grants concentrate

Prysm, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (16 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2020. By volume, Prysm sits between Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH and Roche Glycart AG.

Minimax Viking Re…

55
Musashi Seimitsu…

55
National Universi…

55
Ocean University…

55
Plant 21

55
Rotam Agrochem In…

55
Roche Diagnostics…

55
Roche Glycart

55
Prysm ◀

55

What this shows Prysm holds 55 patents at rank #6,179, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Prysm

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,179 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Prysm, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Prysm ranks #528 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

BackBeat Medical, LLC 41 MRA Systems, LLC 41 Sangmyung University Industry-Academy Cooperation Foundation 41 Proteus Industries Inc. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.0 here).

Empower Semiconductor, Inc. 20.0 avg Nielsen Consumer LLC 20.0 avg Inari Medical, Inc. 20.0 avg US Synthetic Corporation 20.0 avg

Prysm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Prysm, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	12.7%
2016	10	18.2%
2017	9	16.4%
2018	10	18.2%
2019	16	29.1%
2020	3	5.5%

Which technologies does Prysm, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 33

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 22

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 14

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 14

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 13

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 3

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 3

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 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

Top 15 of 18 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

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

Prysm, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #6,181 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Prysm, Inc. against Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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.