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SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT

Overview
  • Total Patents
    184
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    218,970
About

SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT has a total of 184 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1991. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and China. Its main competitors in its focus markets computer technology, audio-visual technology and digital networks are MACROMEDIA INC, LIPSKY SCOTT E and OAK TECHNOLOGY INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENTs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Singer Mitch 27
#2 Lakamp Brian 26
#3 Oliver Richard J 21
#4 Gordon Demian 18
#5 Duvall Roger M 16
#6 Mercs Laura 16
#7 Claar Jeffrey Mark 15
#8 Oliver Richard Joseph 13
#9 Wood Paul Nigel 12
#10 Manaster Jacob S 10

Latest patents

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US2004179013A1 System and method for animating a digital facial model
US2004178988A1 Wheel motion control input device for animation system
US2004179008A1 System and method for capturing facial and body motion
US2004117643A1 System and method for home network content protection and copy management
US2003113029A1 Skim encoding method for compression of a two dimensional array of data
US2003013528A1 System and method for awarding prizes
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