Where does Scientific Games International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Scientific Games International, Inc. ranks #4,642 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 Scientific Games International, Inc. hold?

Scientific Games International, Inc. holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Scientific Games International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Scientific Games International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.3 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Scientific Games International, Inc. focus on?

Scientific Games International, Inc.'s top technology area is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus) with 63 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Scientific Games International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Scientific Games International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Scientific Games International, Inc.'s patents?

Scientific Games International, Inc.'s patents average 12.5 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 Scientific Games International, 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

Scientific Games International, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Scientific ranks #4,642 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 20 technology areas.

#4,642
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.3/100): 12.5
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4642 · US Corporation #4,642 · 76 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,642/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samson Aktiengesells…
CPC-FOCUS G07F · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samson Aktiengesellschaft (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acme United · near

38
Bradley Fixtures · near

38
Hayashibara · near

38
Netspective… · near

38
Scientific Games… · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Scientific's Innovation Score is 38.3/100 (top 41% 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.

Where Scientific's grants concentrate

Scientific Games International, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 82.9% of grants classified under G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (20 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Scientific sits between Samson Aktiengesellschaft and Technological Resources PTY Limited.

Samson Aktiengese…

76
Shanghai Research…

76
Sphero

76
Sunnybrook Resear…

76
Smart Wires

76
Sterlite

76
Successfactors

76
Technological Res…

76
Scientific Games… ◀

76

What this shows Scientific holds 76 patents at rank #4,645, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Scientific

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,645 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Scientific, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Acme United Corporation 38 Bradley Fixtures, LLC 38 Hayashibara Co., Ltd. 38 Netspective Communications LLC 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.5 here).

GDM S.P.A. 12.5 avg Sage Products, LLC 12.5 avg Horizon Global Americas Inc. 12.5 avg Sato Corporation 12.5 avg

Scientific's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Scientific Games International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.6%
2016	3	3.9%
2017	13	17.1%
2018	20	26.3%
2019	15	19.7%
2020	14	18.4%
2021	9	11.8%

Which technologies does Scientific Games International, Inc. patent most?

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 63

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 22

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 22

G07B - Ticket-issuing APPARATUS; Fare-registering APPARATUS; Franking Apparatus 8

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 7

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 6

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,642

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Scientific Games International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Scientific Games International, Inc.'s lead technology class is G07F (Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus), 82.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G07F
Ranked #4,642 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Scientific Games International, Inc. against Samson Aktiengesellschaft, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.3/100 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.

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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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