Where does Viacom International Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Viacom International Inc. ranks #5,724 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 Viacom International Inc. hold?

Viacom International Inc. holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Viacom International Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Viacom International Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Viacom International Inc. focus on?

Viacom International Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 41 patents, ranking #441 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Viacom International Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Viacom International Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +71% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Viacom International Inc.'s patents?

Viacom International Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Viacom International 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

Viacom International Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 10 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, Viacom ranks #5,724 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 10 technology areas.

#5,724
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5724 · US Corporation #5,724 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,724/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Board of…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University (±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 Viacom’s 43.6 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 14.2 pts (33%) Velocity 7.0 pts (16%) Breadth 11.2 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Integral Ad Science · near

44
Spatial Digital… · near

44
Thinx · near

44
Viacom International · this assignee

44
Esab AB · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Viacom's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Viacom?

Each dot is one of Viacom’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). Viacom’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Viacom's grants concentrate

Viacom International Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 68.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Viacom sits between Turbomeca and WinField Solutions, LLC.

Viacom's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Viacom International Inc. moved from 21 to 22 grants (1.05x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Turbomeca

60
The Board of Rege…

60
The University of…

60
University OF Yam…

60
Vertice Oil Tools

60
Wowza Media Syste…

60
Wuyi University

60
Winfield Solutions

60
Viacom Internatio… ◀

60

What this shows Viacom holds 60 patents at rank #5,721, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Viacom

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,721 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Viacom, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Viacom ranks #441 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Integral Ad Science, Inc. 44 Spatial Digital Systems, Inc. 44 Thinx Inc. 44 Esab AB 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

Black Hills IP Holdings, LLC 18.7 avg REE Automotive Ltd 18.7 avg Valencell, Inc. 18.7 avg AtriCure, Inc. 18.7 avg

Viacom's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% 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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Viacom International Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.3%
2016	2	3.3%
2017	4	6.7%
2018	6	10.0%
2019	7	11.7%
2020	7	11.7%
2021	7	11.7%
2022	9	15.0%
2023	9	15.0%
2024	4	6.7%
2025partial year	3	5.0%

Which technologies does Viacom International Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 41

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 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 15

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

H04H - Broadcast Communication 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

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

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

Top 10 of 10 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

Viacom International Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Viacom International Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 68.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,724 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Viacom International Inc. against Turbomeca, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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