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Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Filings on record here from 2001, where this site's data begins
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3,923 patents currently held

28 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record

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Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents fee due within 90 days all others Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Controlling Actions in a Video Game Unit US 8,947,347
Cited by 417 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2028.
Ends Jan 2028 · High confidence Also notable
Advertising impression determination US 8,574,074
Cited by 290 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2030.
Ends Sep 2030 · High confidence Also notable
Sound Localization for User in Motion US 9,037,468
Cited by 202 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at 3 of 3 maintenance windows. Protection runs to 2033.
Ends Mar 2033 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
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What they patent

The 5 largest of its 3,017 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Video Game Controller with Noise Canceling Logic23 in forceto Apr 2032
Systems and Methods of Serving Game Video20 in forceto Aug 2032
Audio System15 in forceto Mar 2043
Sound Localization for User in Motion14 in forceto Sep 2036
Data Processing14 in forceto Mar 2035

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.
PatentTitleStatusExpiresConfidence
US 7,436,682Wiring Board, Electronic Component Mounting Structure, and Electronic Component Mounting Method
In force
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In forceHigh confidence
US 8,949,732System and Method for Corresponding Tabs to Content Information
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,125,940Self-Configuring, Adaptive, Three-Dimensional, Wireless Network
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,267,783Establishing an Impression Area
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,734,258Dead Reckoning in a Gaming Environment
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 11,195,185Asynchronous Advertising
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,171,235Atomic Compare and Swap Using Dedicated Processor
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,570,330Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method and Information Storage Medium
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,405,363Audio, Video, Simulation, and User Interface Paradigms
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,596,633Island Recovery in a Peer-To-Peer Relay Network
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 3,923: 28 patents in force now held by others · 461 patents ended · 969 applications pending · 387 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
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