Where does Weta Digital Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Weta Digital Ltd. ranks #6,975 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 Weta Digital Ltd. hold?

Weta Digital Ltd. holds 48 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2022, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Weta Digital Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Weta Digital Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Weta Digital Ltd. focus on?

Weta Digital Ltd.'s top technology area is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General) with 46 patents, ranking #333 of 6,389 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Weta Digital Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Weta Digital Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Weta Digital Ltd.'s patents?

Weta Digital Ltd.'s patents average 19.8 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 Weta Digital 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

Weta Digital Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 48 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2022. 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: G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Weta ranks #6,975 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 48 patents across 17 technology areas.

#6,975
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6975 · Foreign Corporation #6,975 · 48 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 48 grants
UPPER-Q #6,975/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH entigenlogic
CPC-FOCUS G06T · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2022 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: entigenlogic 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 Weta’s 46.0 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 13.4 pts (29%) Velocity 6.1 pts (13%) Breadth 14.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
LSI · near

46
Or-Ment · near

46
Standard Cognition · near

46
The Hospital for… · near

46
Weta Digital · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Weta's Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Weta?

Each dot is one of Weta’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). Weta’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Weta's grants concentrate

Weta Digital Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 95.8% of grants classified under G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (25 grants) versus a trough of 23 in 2022. By volume, Weta sits between Victoria Link Ltd. and entigenlogic LLC.

Weta's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Weta Digital Ltd. moved from 25 to 23 grants (0.92x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Victoria Link

48
Virent

48
Vitae Pharmaceuti…

48
Vive Health

48
Wika Alexander Wi…

48
Xinjiang Goldwind…

48
Zodiac Pool Care…

48
entigenlogic

48
Weta Digital ◀

48

What this shows Weta holds 48 patents at rank #6,974, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Weta

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,974 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Weta, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation), Weta ranks #333 of 6,389 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Standard Cognition, Corp. 46 The Hospital for Sick Children 46 LSI 46 Or-Ment LLC 46

Weta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Weta Digital Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	25	52.1%
2022	23	47.9%

Which technologies does Weta Digital Ltd. patent most?

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 46

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 19

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 17

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 9

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 6

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 4

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 1

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 1

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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 1

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Weta Digital Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Weta Digital Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06T (Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General), 95.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06T
Ranked #6,975 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Weta Digital Ltd. against Victoria Link Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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.

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

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.