Where does Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. ranks #5,886 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 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. hold?

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'s patents?

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'s patents average 14.4 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 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. focus on?

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'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 32 patents, ranking #61 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Sony ranks #5,886 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 18 technology areas.

#5,886
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5886 · Foreign Corporation #5,886 · 58 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,886/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safran Seats
CPC-FOCUS A63F · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Seats (±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 Sony’s 37.7 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 14.1 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Biocon · near

38
Hebe Studio · near

38
SK Hynix Memory… · near

38
Sony Computer… · this assignee

38
Wellfine Silicone… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sony's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Sony?

Each dot is one of Sony’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). Sony’s own 14.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sony's grants concentrate

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 55.2% 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 2015 (25 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sony sits between Sorel Corporation and THE Queen's University OF Belfast.

Sorel

58
Safran Seats

58
Sartorius Stedim…

58
Seasonal Specialt…

58
Sony Europe

58
Speedtech Lights

58
Superior Essex In…

58
THE Queen's Unive…

58
Sony Computer Ent… ◀

58

What this shows Sony holds 58 patents at rank #5,887, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sony

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,887 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (Card)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sony, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63F (Card), Sony ranks #61 of 894 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Biocon Ltd. 38 SK Hynix Memory Solutions Inc. 38 Hebe Studio Limited 38 Wellfine Silicone Products Co., Ltd. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.4 here).

VeriFone, Inc. 14.4 avg Politecnico di Milano 14.4 avg Powerchip Technology Corporation 14.4 avg Institut Polytechnique DE Grenoble 14.4 avg

Sony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	25	43.1%
2016	20	34.5%
2017	11	19.0%
2018	1	1.7%
2019	1	1.7%

Which technologies does Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. patent most?

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 32

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 28

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 25

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 18

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 11

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 8

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 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

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 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd.'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), 55.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #5,886 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Ltd. against Sorel Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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

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.