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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shutterstock, Inc. ranks #4,063 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 Shutterstock, Inc. hold?

Shutterstock, Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Shutterstock, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shutterstock, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Shutterstock, Inc. focus on?

Shutterstock, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 70 patents, ranking #728 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Shutterstock, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +111% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shutterstock, Inc.'s patents?

Shutterstock, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Shutterstock, 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

Shutterstock, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 10 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shutterstock ranks #4,063 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 10 technology areas.

#4,063
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +111%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4063 · US Corporation #4,063 · 89 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,063/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Semmle
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +111% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Semmle Limited (±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 Shutterstock’s 39.1 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 (40%) Velocity 2.1 pts (5%) Breadth 11.2 pts (29%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Axell · near

39
Canva Pty · near

39
Micronas · near

39
Morpho Detection · near

39
Shutterstock · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shutterstock's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Shutterstock?

Each dot is one of Shutterstock’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). Shutterstock’s own 17.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Shutterstock's grants concentrate

Shutterstock, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 78.7% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (25 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shutterstock sits between Sony Electronics Inc. and The University of Sydney.

Shutterstock's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shutterstock, Inc. moved from 55 to 17 grants (0.31x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Sony

89
Soucy Internation…

89
Semmle

89
Sharp NEC Display…

89
Sony Computer Ent…

89
Taipei Medical Un…

89
Trumpf Laser- UND…

89
The University of…

89
Shutterstock ◀

89

What this shows Shutterstock holds 89 patents at rank #4,065, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shutterstock

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,065 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shutterstock, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Shutterstock ranks #728 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Canva Pty Ltd 39 Axell Corporation 39 Micronas GmbH 39 Morpho Detection, LLC 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.2 here).

Sanmina Corporation 17.2 avg Applied Minds, LLC 17.2 avg Beiersdorf AG 17.2 avg Daqri, LLC 17.2 avg

Shutterstock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Shutterstock, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.2%
2016	1	1.1%
2017	5	5.6%
2018	7	7.9%
2019	13	14.6%
2020	17	19.1%
2021	25	28.1%
2022	9	10.1%
2023	6	6.7%
2024	2	2.2%
2025partial year	2	2.2%

Which technologies does Shutterstock, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 70

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 36

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 24

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 20

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 16

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 13

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 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

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

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Shutterstock, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 78.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #4,063 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shutterstock, Inc. against Sony Electronics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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