USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Valve Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 201 granted patents across 39 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).

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

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201

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

19.1

Avg claims per patent

+358%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Valve holds 201 US patents across 39 technology areas, rank #1,996 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,996
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +358%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Valve Corporation has been granted 201 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Valve Corporation at rank #1,996 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 39 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a US Corporation, Valve Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Valve sits between Nippon Kayaku Kabushiki Kaisha (201 patents, rank #1,992) and Enevate Corporation (200 patents, rank #2,000) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 57.8/100 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 165 grants, compared with 36 in the 2015–2019 window, a +358% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US 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. Valve Corporation's 19.1 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 39 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Valve Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Valve holds 201 patents at rank #1,996, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valve

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,996 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital DATA Processing)

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

Valve's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Valve Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	3.0%
2016	7	3.5%
2017	6	3.0%
2019	17	8.5%
2020	31	15.4%
2021	44	21.9%
2022	33	16.4%
2023	28	13.9%
2024	20	10.0%
2025	9	4.5%

Which technologies does Valve Corporation patent most?

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 98

A63F - CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 83

G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS 78

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 29

G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 24

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 19

G02F - OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS 16

G06N - COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS 13

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 12

G01S - RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES 8

G02C - SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPECTACLES; CONTACT LENSES 6

G07F - COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS 5

G06V - IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING 4

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 4

C07D - HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 3

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,996

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.8 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 Valve Corporation hold?

Valve Corporation holds 201 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Valve Corporation's Innovation Score?

Valve Corporation has an Innovation Score of 57.8 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Valve Corporation focus on?

Valve Corporation's top technology area is G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING) with 98 patents. The company has filed patents in 39 CPC subclasses total.

Is Valve Corporation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Valve Corporation's recent filing velocity is +358% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Valve Corporation's patents?

Valve Corporation's patents average 19.1 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Valve Corporation 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

Valve's 201 grants land it in the top 5% 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 - Valve ranks #1,996 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in G06F - see who else leads that technology area. G06F 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.