Steelseries ApS
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 218 granted patents across 15 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Steelseries ranks #1,850 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 218 patents across 15 technology areas.
- #1,850
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- Top 14%
- by Innovation Score (50.0/100)
- 19.9
- avg claims per patent
- +5%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R1850 · Foreign Corporation #1,850 · 218 grants
GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL
- GRANTS-MID 218 grants
- TOP-DECILE #1,850/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Furukawa Automotive…
- CPC-FOCUS A63F · 15 areas
- INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
- CLAIMS-RICH 19.9 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-FLAT +5% vel
- BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Furukawa Automotive Systems 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 Steelseries’s 50.0 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Steelseries
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE · near
Alfmeier PRÄZISION SE · near
50 score
- Foster-Miller · near
Foster-Miller · near
50 score
- Imperial College OF… · near
Imperial College OF… · near
50 score
- Steelseries ApS · this assignee
Steelseries ApS · this assignee
50 score
- Suzhou China Star… · near
Suzhou China Star… · near
50 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Steelseries's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 Steelseries?
Each dot is one of Steelseries’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). Steelseries’s own 19.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.
Where Steelseries's grants concentrate
Steelseries ApS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 95.9% 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 2021 (26 grants) versus a trough of 14 in 2015. By volume, Steelseries sits between Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. and Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG.
Steelseries's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Steelseries ApS moved from 70 to 60 grants (0.86x 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 #1,635. See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Steelseries's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Furukawa Automoti…
Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc.
218 patents
- National Chung Sh…
National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology
218 patents
- NIO USA
NIO USA, Inc.
218 patents
- SL
SL Corporation
218 patents
- Suncast
Suncast Technologies, LLC
218 patents
- Total Marketing S…
Total Marketing Services
218 patents
- Unisys
Unisys Corporation
218 patents
- Steelseries Aps ◀
Steelseries ApS
218 patents
- Huf Hülsbeck & Fü…
Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
217 patents
What this shows Steelseries holds 218 patents at rank #1,850, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Steelseries
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,850 in granted patent volume.
- Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. #1,846 · 218 patents
- National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology #1,847 · 218 patents
- NIO USA, Inc. #1,848 · 218 patents
- SL Corporation #1,849 · 218 patents
- Suncast Technologies, LLC #1,851 · 218 patents
- Total Marketing Services #1,852 · 218 patents
- Unisys Corporation #1,853 · 218 patents
- Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG #1,854 · 217 patents
Leaders in A63F (Card)
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Steelseries's primary technology class.
- Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 1,537 in class
- Nintendo Co., Ltd. 1,020 in class
- Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC 592 in class
- Tencent Technology (SHENZHEN) Company Limited 540 in class
- Gree Holdings, Inc. 446 in class
- Electronic Arts Inc. 422 in class
- Kabam, Inc. 325 in class
- Zynga Inc. 269 in class
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Steelseries, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63F (Card), Steelseries ranks #14 of 894 assignees by patent count in that subclass.
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.9 here).
Steelseries's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | 6.4% |
| 2016 | 23 | 10.6% |
| 2017 | 17 | 7.8% |
| 2018 | 21 | 9.6% |
| 2019 | 25 | 11.5% |
| 2020 | 19 | 8.7% |
| 2021 | 26 | 11.9% |
| 2022 | 15 | 6.9% |
| 2023 | 24 | 11.0% |
| 2024 | 21 | 9.6% |
| 2025partial year | 13 | 6.0% |
Which technologies does Steelseries ApS patent most?
Top 15 of 15 technology areas
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Steelseries ApS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Steelseries ApS'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), 95.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63F
- Ranked #1,850 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Steelseries ApS against Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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.
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