Where does Sling Media L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sling Media L.L.C. ranks #1,754 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 Sling Media L.L.C. hold?

Sling Media L.L.C. holds 232 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 30 technology areas.

What is Sling Media L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Sling Media L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 50.8 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sling Media L.L.C. focus on?

Sling Media L.L.C.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 179 patents, ranking #125 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 30 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sling Media L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sling Media L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Sling Media L.L.C.'s patents?

Sling Media L.L.C.'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 Sling Media L.L.C. 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

Sling Media L.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 232 granted patents across 30 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sling ranks #1,754 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 232 patents across 30 technology areas.

#1,754
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.8/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1754 · US Corporation #1,754 · 232 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 232 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,754/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ENI S P A
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 30 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ENI S.P.A. (±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 Sling’s 50.8 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 18.8 pts (37%) Velocity 2.3 pts (5%) Breadth 19.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Royal Caribbean… · near

51
Sling Media L L C · this assignee

51
Supercell Oy · near

51
ASM Technology… · near

51
Korea Institute Of… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sling's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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 Sling?

Each dot is one of Sling’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). Sling’s own 17.2 claims/patent is at or below the 17.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sling's grants concentrate

Sling Media L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 30 CPC subclasses with 77.2% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (43 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2024. By volume, Sling sits between ENI S.P.A. and Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd..

Sling's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sling Media L.L.C. moved from 110 to 38 grants (0.34x 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 #2,944. See the growth leaderboard.

ENI S P A

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Hydro-gear Partne…

232
Medtronic Navigat…

232
OFS Fitel

232
Trustees of Tufts…

232
Sling Media L L C ◀

232
Boston Dynamics

231
Citibank N A

231
Genius Optical

231

What this shows Sling holds 232 patents at rank #1,754, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sling

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,754 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sling, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Sling ranks #125 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Supercell Oy 51 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 51 Korea Institute Of Geoscience And Mineral Resources 51 ASM Technology Singapore PTE Ltd 51

Similar claim depth

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

Allscripts Software, LLC 17.2 avg International Paper Company 17.2 avg Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. 17.2 avg Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP 17.2 avg

Sling's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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

Sling Media L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	8.2%
2016	16	6.9%
2017	22	9.5%
2018	25	10.8%
2019	24	10.3%
2020	43	18.5%
2021	43	18.5%
2022	26	11.2%
2023	7	3.0%
2024	5	2.2%
2025partial year	2	0.9%

Which technologies does Sling Media L.L.C. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 179

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 96

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 59

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 22

H04H - Broadcast Communication 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 13

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

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 5

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 3

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 3

H04B - Transmission 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Top 15 of 30 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

Sling Media L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sling Media L.L.C.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 77.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,754 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sling Media L.L.C. against ENI S.P.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.