Where does RealD Spark, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RealD Spark, LLC ranks #2,762 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 Spark, LLC hold?

RealD Spark, LLC holds 140 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is RealD Spark, LLC's Innovation Score?

RealD Spark, LLC has an Innovation Score of 58.0 out of 100 (top 5% 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 Spark, LLC focus on?

RealD Spark, LLC's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 108 patents, ranking #152 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is RealD Spark, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RealD Spark, LLC's recent grant velocity is +194% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for RealD Spark, LLC's patents?

RealD Spark, LLC's patents average 28.0 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 RealD Spark, LLC 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 Spark, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 140 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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 #2,762 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 140 patents across 33 technology areas.

#2,762
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.0/100): 28.0
avg claims per patent: +194%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2762 · US Corporation #2,762 · 140 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 140 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,762/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Elta Systems
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +194% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Elta Systems Ltd. (±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 58.0 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 17.1 pts (29%) Velocity 5.6 pts (10%) Breadth 20.3 pts (35%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gudeng Precision… · near

58
Physio-control · near

58
RealD Spark · this assignee

58
Signode Industrial… · near

58
Panasonic Avionics · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Reald's Innovation Score is 58.0/100 (top 5% 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 28.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 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 Spark, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 77.1% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (34 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2018. By volume, Reald sits between Elta Systems Ltd. and Bardy Diagnostics, Inc..

Reald's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, RealD Spark, LLC moved from 63 to 53 grants (0.84x 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 #1,686. See the growth leaderboard.

Elta Systems

140
Kookmin Universit…

140
Landa

140
Mattson Technology

140
The United States…

140
Xencor

140
Reald Spark ◀

140
Bar-ilan Universi…

139
Bardy Diagnostics

139

What this shows RealD holds 140 patents at rank #2,762, 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 #2,762 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 #152 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Signode Industrial Group LLC 58 Physio-control, Inc. 58 Gudeng Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. 58 Panasonic Avionics Corporation 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (28.0 here).

Magna Mirrors of America, Inc. 28.0 avg Sight Sciences, Inc. 28.0 avg RefleXion Medical, Inc. 27.9 avg Federated Wireless, Inc. 28.1 avg

Reald's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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RealD Spark, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	8	5.7%
2018	6	4.3%
2019	19	13.6%
2020	10	7.1%
2021	34	24.3%
2022	20	14.3%
2023	19	13.6%
2024	14	10.0%
2025partial year	10	7.1%

Which technologies does RealD Spark, LLC patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 108

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 86

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 39

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 25

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 11

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 10

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 5

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 5

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 5

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

Top 15 of 33 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 Spark, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RealD Spark, LLC's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 77.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #2,762 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RealD Spark, LLC against Elta Systems Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.0/100 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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