Where does Sony Network Entertainment International LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sony Network Entertainment International LLC ranks #6,283 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 Network Entertainment International LLC hold?

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC holds 54 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Sony Network Entertainment International LLC's Innovation Score?

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 30% 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 Network Entertainment International LLC focus on?

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 28 patents, ranking #607 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sony Network Entertainment International LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC'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 Network Entertainment International LLC's patents?

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC's patents average 20.2 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC

Q: How is the Sony Network Entertainment International 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 PatentsView assignee record - 54 granted patents across 22 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 #6,283 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 54 patents across 22 technology areas.

#6,283
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6283 · US Corporation #6,283 · 54 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 54 grants
UPPER-Q #6,283/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Semiconductor…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Semiconductor Manufacturing (Shanghai) International Corporation (±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 42.5 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 13.8 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Citizen Machinery · near

43
Meps Real-Time · near

43
Sony Network… · this assignee

43
Synchronoss · near

43
Thunder Power Hong… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sony's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 30% 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 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 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 Network Entertainment International LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 51.9% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Sony sits between Semiconductor Manufacturing (Shanghai) International Corporation and Toho Titanium Co., Ltd..

Semiconductor Man…

54
Seurat

54
Shanghai Xiaodu T…

54
Sloan Valve

54
Subcom

54
Tiffany AND

54
TLV

54
Toho Titanium

54
Sony Network Ente… ◀

54

What this shows Sony holds 54 patents at rank #6,284, 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 #6,284 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 #607 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Meps Real-Time, Inc. 43 Synchronoss Technologies, Inc 43 Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd. 43 Thunder Power Hong Kong Ltd. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.2 here).

Oncomed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 20.2 avg Intellectual Ventures II LLC 20.2 avg Accenture Global Services Limited 20.2 avg Mobile Technology Corporation 20.2 avg

Sony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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 Network Entertainment International LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	22.2%
2016	14	25.9%
2017	15	27.8%
2018	12	22.2%
2021	1	1.9%

Which technologies does Sony Network Entertainment International LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 28

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 12

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 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 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

G16Z - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Specific Application Fields, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 22 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 Network Entertainment International LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sony Network Entertainment International LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 51.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #6,283 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sony Network Entertainment International LLC against Semiconductor Manufacturing (Shanghai) International Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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