Where does RealD Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RealD Inc. ranks #4,059 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 RealD Inc. hold?

RealD Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is RealD Inc.'s Innovation Score?

RealD Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.6 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RealD Inc. focus on?

RealD Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 60 patents, ranking #253 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

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

RealD Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 RealD Inc.'s patents?

RealD Inc.'s patents average 21.3 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 RealD 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

RealD Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 22 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Reald ranks #4,059 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 22 technology areas.

#4,059
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.6/100): 21.3
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4059 · US Corporation #4,059 · 89 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,059/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nippon Chemi-Con
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation (±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 Reald’s 47.6 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 15.5 pts (32%) Velocity 2.8 pts (6%) Breadth 16.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 12.8 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
GEA Farm · near

48
Humax · near

48
Liebherr-werk Nenzing · near

48
RealD · this assignee

48
Tile · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Reald's Innovation Score is 47.6/100 (top 18% 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 Reald?

Each dot is one of Reald’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). Reald’s own 21.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Reald's grants concentrate

RealD Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 67.4% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (25 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Reald sits between Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation and Semmle Limited.

Reald's three-year grant acceleration

RealD Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

Nippon Chemi-con

89
Nthdegree Worldwi…

89
Pregis Innovative…

89
RAB Lighting

89
Sanford Burnham P…

89
Sony

89
Soucy Internation…

89
Semmle

89
Reald ◀

89

What this shows RealD holds 89 patents at rank #4,059, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RealD

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,059 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for RealD, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), RealD ranks #253 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

GEA Farm Technologies GmbH 48 Humax Co., Ltd. 48 Liebherr-werk Nenzing GMBH 48 Tile, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.3 here).

H.C. Starck Inc. 21.3 avg Analog Devices, Inc. 21.2 avg NKT Photonics A/S 21.2 avg Leap Motion, Inc. 21.2 avg

Reald's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% 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.

View data table

RealD Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	25	28.1%
2016	23	25.8%
2017	12	13.5%
2018	11	12.4%
2019	6	6.7%
2020	3	3.4%
2021	3	3.4%
2022	3	3.4%
2023	2	2.2%
2025partial year	1	1.1%

Which technologies does RealD Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 60

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 52

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 39

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 22

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 7

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 3

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 15 of 22 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

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

RealD Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 67.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,059 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RealD Inc. against Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.6/100 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

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