Where does Skillz Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Skillz Inc. ranks #18,119 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 Skillz Inc. hold?

Skillz Inc. holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Skillz Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Skillz Inc. has an Innovation Score of 30.7 out of 100 (35th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Skillz Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Skillz Inc.'s patents?

Skillz Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Skillz 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

Skillz Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Skillz Inc. focus on?

Skillz Inc.'s top technology area is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 13 patents, ranking #116 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Skillz ranks #18,119 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 4 technology areas.

#18,119
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 35th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.7/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18119 · US Corporation #18,119 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,119/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sirius Light…
CPC-NARROW A63F · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sirius Light Technology Co., 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 Skillz’s 30.7 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 9.8 pts (32%) Velocity 1.1 pts (4%) Breadth 7.1 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Skillz · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Skillz's Innovation Score is 30.7/100 (35th percentile 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 Skillz?

Each dot is one of Skillz’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). Skillz’s own 21.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Skillz's grants concentrate

Skillz Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Skillz sits between Sirius Light Technology Co., Ltd. and Smartrend Manufacturing Group (SMG), Inc..

Skillz's three-year grant acceleration

Skillz Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Sirius Light Tech…

16
SIS Resources

16
Sistemi Sospensio…

16
SK Holdings

16
Skyechip SDN BHD

16
Sluis Cigar Machi…

16
Smart Rain Systems

16
Smartrend Manufac…

16
Skillz ◀

16

What this shows Skillz holds 16 patents at rank #18,090, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Skillz

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,090 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Skillz's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 35th percentile higher than 35% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Skillz Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	25.0%
2017	4	25.0%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	3	18.8%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Skillz Inc. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 9

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

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 2

Top 4 of 4 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

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

Skillz Inc.'s lead technology class is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #18,119 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Skillz Inc. against Sirius Light Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.7/100 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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