Where does Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. ranks #12,231 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc. hold?

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 12 patents, ranking #1,136 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -81% 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc.'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 Pictures Technologies, 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 7 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sony ranks #12,231 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 7 technology areas.

#12,231
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12231 · US Corporation #12,231 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,231/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silvergate Pharmaceu…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (±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 32.0 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 11.3 pts (35%) Velocity 2.2 pts (7%) Breadth 9.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pakal · near

32
Sony Pictures · this assignee

32
Symphony Communicati… · near

32
Trendsetter… · near

32
Wayne/Scott Fetzer · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sony's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 ABOVE the 15.1 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 48% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sony sits between Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Speedlink Technology Inc..

Sony's three-year grant acceleration

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Silvergate Pharma…

25
Skyworks Panasoni…

25
Smic New Technolo…

25
Solomon Systems

25
South China Agric…

25
Spal Automotive S…

25
SPD Swiss Precisi…

25
Speedlink Technol…

25
Sony Pictures ◀

25

What this shows Sony holds 25 patents at rank #12,218, 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 #12,218 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 #1,136 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

Pakal Technologies, Inc. 32 Wayne/Scott Fetzer Company 32 Trendsetter Engineering, Inc. 32 Symphony Communication Services Holdings LLC 32

Sony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	20.0%
2016	7	28.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	1	4.0%
2019	4	16.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	1	4.0%
2023	2	8.0%

Which technologies does Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 12

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

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

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 7 of 7 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 Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 48% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #12,231 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sony Pictures Technologies, Inc. against Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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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