Where does Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. ranks #1,605 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 Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. hold?

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. holds 258 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.2 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. focus on?

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 169 patents, ranking #133 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +365% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s patents?

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s patents average 26.9 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 Turner Broadcasting System, 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

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 258 granted patents across 11 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Turner ranks #1,605 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 258 patents across 11 technology areas.

#1,605
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.2/100): 26.9
avg claims per patent: +365%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1605 · US Corporation #1,605 · 258 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 258 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,605/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CSC Holdings
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +365% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CSC Holdings, LLC (±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 Turner’s 55.2 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 19.2 pts (35%) Velocity 9.3 pts (17%) Breadth 11.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Queen Mary Universit… · near

55
Solvay · near

55
Turner Broadcasting… · this assignee

55
University OF Oregon · near

55
Young Optics · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Turner's Innovation Score is 55.2/100 (top 7% 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 Turner?

Each dot is one of Turner’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). Turner’s own 26.9 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.

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

Where Turner's grants concentrate

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 65.5% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (51 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, Turner sits between CSC Holdings, LLC and SMS group GmbH.

Turner's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. moved from 86 to 120 grants (1.40x 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 #521. See the growth leaderboard.

CSC Holdings

258
GE Healthcare Bio…

258
H Lundbeck A/S

258
Kantatsu

258
Turner Broadcasti… ◀

258
AAC Acoustic (She…

257
Flir Systems

257
Horiba

257
SMS group

257

What this shows Turner holds 258 patents at rank #1,605, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Turner

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,605 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Turner, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Turner ranks #133 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Solvay SA 55 Young Optics Inc. 55 University OF Oregon 55 Queen Mary University OF London 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (26.9 here).

CureVac SE 26.8 avg Flamel Ireland Limited 26.8 avg NCH Corporation 26.8 avg Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 27.0 avg

Turner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	5.4%
2016	7	2.7%
2017	5	1.9%
2018	11	4.3%
2019	6	2.3%
2020	34	13.2%
2021	46	17.8%
2022	46	17.8%
2023	51	19.8%
2024	23	8.9%
2025partial year	15	5.8%

Which technologies does Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 169

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 75

H04H - Broadcast Communication 52

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 49

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 47

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 19

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

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

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 65.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,605 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. against CSC Holdings, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.2/100 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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