Where does Square Enix Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Square Enix Co., Ltd. ranks #1,440 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 Square Enix Co., Ltd. hold?

Square Enix Co., Ltd. holds 290 US utility patents granted 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 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.7 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 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Square Enix Co., Ltd.

Q: 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, ranking #10 of 894 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 290 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Square ranks #1,440 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 290 patents across 27 technology areas.

#1,440
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1440 · Foreign Corporation #1,440 · 290 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 290 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,440/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dialog Semiconductor
CPC-FOCUS A63F · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dialog Semiconductor 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 Square’s 51.1 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 19.6 pts (38%) Velocity 5.0 pts (10%) Breadth 18.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ABC · near

51
EnOcean · near

51
PLY GEM Industries · near

51
Square Enix · this assignee

51
Alexion Pharmaceutic… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Square's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 Square?

Each dot is one of Square’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). Square’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Square's grants concentrate

Square Enix Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 84.5% of grants classified under A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (41 grants) versus a trough of 16 in 2024. By volume, Square sits between Poulsen Roser A/S and Shopify Inc..

Square's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Square Enix Co., Ltd. moved from 90 to 67 grants (0.74x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,003. See the growth leaderboard.

Poulsen Roser A/S

291
Tomy

291
Dialog Semiconduc…

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.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Square, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63F (Card), Square ranks #10 of 894 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

ABC Technologies Inc. 51 PLY GEM Industries, Inc. 51 EnOcean GmbH 51 Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

Kidde Technologies, Inc. 13.7 avg G.D S.P.A. 13.7 avg Bottomline Technologies, Inc. 13.7 avg Alstom Technology Ltd 13.7 avg

Square's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 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%
2025partial year	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

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Square Enix Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A63F (Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 84.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
Ranked #1,440 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Square Enix Co., Ltd. against Poulsen Roser A/S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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