USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Square ENIX Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 290 granted patents across 27 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A63F (CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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290

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

13.7

Avg claims per patent

-9%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Square holds 290 US patents across 27 technology areas, rank #1,440 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,440
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: -9%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Square ENIX Co., Ltd. has been granted 290 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Square ENIX Co., Ltd. at rank #1,440 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 27 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A63F (CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). As a Foreign Corporation, Square ENIX Co., Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Square sits between Poulsen Roser A/s (291 patents, rank #1,436) and Shopify Inc. (289 patents, rank #1,444) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 51.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 138 grants, compared with 152 in the 2015–2019 window, a -9% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s 13.7 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 27 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Square ENIX Co., Ltd. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Poulsen Roser A/S

291
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291
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290
Leica Microsystem…

290
Verb Surgical

290
Square ENIX ◀

290
Cheng UEI Precisi…

289
Everspin

289
Shopify

289

What this shows Square holds 290 patents at rank #1,440, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Square

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,440 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63F (CARD)

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

Square's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Square ENIX Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	10.0%
2016	28	9.7%
2017	31	10.7%
2018	41	14.1%
2019	23	7.9%
2020	36	12.4%
2021	31	10.7%
2022	32	11.0%
2023	19	6.6%
2024	16	5.5%
2025	4	1.4%

Which technologies does Square ENIX Co., Ltd. patent most?

A63F - CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 245

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 74

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 50

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 23

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 19

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 8

G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 6

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 4

G10L - SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING 3

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 3

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 2

H04M - TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION 2

G09B - EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS 2

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 2

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2

Top 15 of 27 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,440

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Square ENIX Co., Ltd. hold?

Square ENIX Co., Ltd. holds 290 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Square ENIX Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Square ENIX Co., Ltd. focus on?

Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A63F (CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR) with 245 patents. The company has filed patents in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s recent filing velocity is -9% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Square ENIX Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.7 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Square ENIX Co., Ltd. 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.

How to use this portfolio

Square's 290 grants land it in the top 12% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Square ranks #1,440 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A63F - see who else leads that technology area. A63F leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.