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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ranks #1,596 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 Inc. hold?

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. holds 259 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 51 technology areas.

What is Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. focus on?

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 118 patents, ranking #474 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 51 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Inc.'s patents?

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 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 Foreign Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 259 granted patents across 51 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Sony ranks #1,596 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 259 patents across 51 technology areas.

#1,596
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.6/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1596 · Foreign Corporation #1,596 · 259 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 259 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,596/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Endress+Hauser…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 51 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG (±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 64.6 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 19.2 pts (30%) Velocity 13.3 pts (21%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Indian Institute OF… · near

65
Anhui University · near

65
Nordic Semiconductor… · near

65
Sony Computer… · this assignee

65
Sumitomo Electric… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sony's Innovation Score is 64.6/100 (top 2% 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 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 18.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Sony's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. received 3 grants versus 256 in 2015–2019 (-99% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 177 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 1. Lead class G06F accounts for 45.6% of the portfolio across 51 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG (#1,592) and Box, Inc. (#1,600).

Sony's three-year grant acceleration

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Endress+Hauser Co…

259
Intel Deutschland

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King Abdulaziz Ci…

259
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259
Thermo Finnigan

259
Unify & KG

259
Workday

259
Sony Computer Ent… ◀

259
Box

258

What this shows Sony holds 259 patents at rank #1,596, 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 #1,596 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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 G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Sony ranks #474 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Nordic Semiconductor ASA 65 Anhui University 65 Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) 65 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

Curt G. Joa, Inc. 11.8 avg Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences 11.8 avg Valmont Industries, Inc. 11.8 avg Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH 11.8 avg

Sony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

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 Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	177	68.3%
2016	73	28.2%
2017	4	1.5%
2018	2	0.8%
2020	1	0.4%
2022	1	0.4%
2023	1	0.4%

Which technologies does Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 118

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 73

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 50

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 37

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 21

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 16

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 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 12

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 11

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 10

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 10

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 7

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 5

Top 15 of 51 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 Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 45.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,596 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. against Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.6/100 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.