Where does Sony Electronics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sony Electronics Inc. ranks #4,065 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 Electronics Inc. hold?

Sony Electronics Inc. holds 89 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Sony Electronics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sony Electronics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% 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 Electronics Inc. focus on?

Sony Electronics Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 43 patents, ranking #417 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sony Electronics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -98% 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 Electronics Inc.'s patents?

Sony Electronics Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 Electronics 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

Sony Electronics Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 89 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Sony ranks #4,065 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 89 patents across 23 technology areas.

#4,065
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4065 · US Corporation #4,065 · 89 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 89 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,065/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pregis Innovative…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC (±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 43.4 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 (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CertainTeed Ceilings · near

43
The Ames Companies · near

43
Conagra Foods RDM · near

43
ONO Pharmaceutical · near

43
Sony · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sony's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 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 Electronics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 48.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (52 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Sony sits between Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC and Shutterstock, Inc..

Pregis Innovative…

89
RAB Lighting

89
Reald

89
Sanford Burnham P…

89
Soucy Internation…

89
Semmle

89
Sharp NEC Display…

89
Shutterstock

89
Sony ◀

89

What this shows Sony holds 89 patents at rank #4,061, 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 #4,061 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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 H04N (Pictorial Communication), Sony ranks #417 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 43 Conagra Foods RDM, Inc. 43 The Ames Companies, Inc. 43 CertainTeed Ceilings Corporation 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Aleddra Inc. 18.1 avg Welltec A/S 18.1 avg Kathrein-werke KG 18.1 avg WD Media, LLC 18.1 avg

Sony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Electronics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	52	58.4%
2016	15	16.9%
2017	11	12.4%
2018	6	6.7%
2019	3	3.4%
2020	1	1.1%
2021	1	1.1%

Which technologies does Sony Electronics Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 43

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 30

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 26

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

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 13

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 8

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

H04H - Broadcast Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

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 1

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

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

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

Top 15 of 23 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 Electronics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sony Electronics Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 48.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #4,065 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sony Electronics Inc. against Pregis Innovative Packaging LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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.