Where does Sorenson Media, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sorenson Media, Inc. ranks #12,232 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 Sorenson Media, Inc. hold?

Sorenson Media, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Sorenson Media, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sorenson Media, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (36th 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 Sorenson Media, Inc. focus on?

Sorenson Media, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 25 patents, ranking #654 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sorenson Media, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sorenson Media, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Sorenson Media, Inc.'s patents?

Sorenson Media, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Sorenson Media, 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

Sorenson Media, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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, Sorenson ranks #12,232 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,232
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12232 · US Corporation #12,232 · 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 #12,232/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ShieldX Networks
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ShieldX Networks, 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 Sorenson’s 31.1 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 (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bioz · near

31
Hexmodal · near

31
BioNTech · near

31
Sorenson Media · this assignee

31
Fuerst Group · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sorenson's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (36th 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 Sorenson?

Each dot is one of Sorenson’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). Sorenson’s own 18.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sorenson's grants concentrate

Sorenson Media, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Sorenson sits between ShieldX Networks, Inc. and T Stamp Inc..

Shieldx Networks

25
Shin Nippon Biome…

25
Shockwatch

25
Snapchat

25
Sourcing Solution…

25
Steinel

25
Syntropy Systems

25
T Stamp

25
Sorenson Media ◀

25

What this shows Sorenson holds 25 patents at rank #12,242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sorenson

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,242 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sorenson's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sorenson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Sorenson ranks #654 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

BioNTech AG 31 Bioz, Inc. 31 Hexmodal Technologies LLC 31 Fuerst Group, Inc. 31

Sorenson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sorenson Media, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	8.0%
2017	11	44.0%
2018	8	32.0%
2019	4	16.0%

Which technologies does Sorenson Media, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 25

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 8

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Sorenson Media, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sorenson Media, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #12,232 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sorenson Media, Inc. against ShieldX Networks, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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