Where does Sony Media Cloud Services LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sony Media Cloud Services LLC ranks #43,223 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 Media Cloud Services LLC hold?

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's Innovation Score?

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC has an Innovation Score of 23.4 out of 100 (12th percentile 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 Media Cloud Services LLC focus on?

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 6 patents, ranking #3,547 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Media Cloud Services LLC's patents?

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's patents average 15.3 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 Media Cloud Services LLC 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 Media Cloud Services LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sony ranks #43,223 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#43,223
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.4/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43223 · US Corporation #43,223 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,223/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Somnus Medical
CPC-NARROW H04L · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Somnus Medical, 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 23.4 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 6.7 pts (29%) Velocity 1.3 pts (6%) Breadth 6.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allergy Research Group · near

23
Sony Media Cloud… · this assignee

23
Casper Sleep · near

23
Chelsea Building… · near

23
USM Holding · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sony's Innovation Score is 23.4/100 (12th 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 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 15.3 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 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.

Where Sony's grants concentrate

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Sony sits between Somnus Medical, LLC and Sotero, Inc..

Sony's three-year grant acceleration

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Somnus Medical

6
Sonavi Labs

6
Sonceboz Mechatro…

6
Sonde Health

6
Sophya

6
Sorting Robotics

6
Soshin Electric

6
Sotero

6
Sony Media Cloud… ◀

6

What this shows Sony holds 6 patents at rank #43,307, 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 #43,307 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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 H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Sony ranks #3,547 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Allergy Research Group, LLC 23 Casper Sleep Inc. 23 Chelsea Building Products, Inc. 23 USM Holding AG 23

Sony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Sony Media Cloud Services LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	5	83.3%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Sony Media Cloud Services LLC patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 2

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sony Media Cloud Services LLC's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #43,223 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sony Media Cloud Services LLC against Somnus Medical, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.4/100 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

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