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Culver City, CA, United States of America

Sony Pictures Technologies Inc.

USPTO Granted Patents = 33

% Expired Patents = 9.1

EPO Patents = 1

Forward Citations = 21

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35 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

Richard Berger (7 out of 38 patents)

Alan L Davidson (4 out of 9 patents)

Parag Havaldar (3 out of 9 patents)

4. Peter H Palombi (3 out of 3 patents)

5. Robert B Engle (3 out of 8 patents)

6. Daniel Paul Sheerin (3 out of 3 patents)

7. Saravana Prabhu Anbananthan (3 out of 7 patents)

8. Yiotis Katsambas (2 out of 2 patents)

9. John D Calkins (2 out of 3 patents)

10. Jason Brahms (2 out of 4 patents)

11. Mitch Frederick Singer (2 out of 14 patents)

12. Michael K Thompson (2 out of 3 patents)

13. Christopher Kulla (2 out of 2 patents)

14. Benjamin Hendricks (2 out of 2 patents)

15. John Monos (1 out of 10 patents)

Core Competencies:

Media Access

3D Rendering

Consumer Rights

Multimedia Authoring

Facial Motion Capture

Asset Management

Event Logging

Storyboarding

CG Animation

Stereo Views

Metadata Capture

Advertising Facilitation

33 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 11823220 - Access to media bites (2023-11-21),

2. 11544351 - Consumer rights locker (2023-01-03),

3. 10931927 - Method and system for re-projection for multiple-view displays (2021-02-23),

4. 10856048 - System and method for social interaction about content items such as movies (2020-12-01),

5. 10445398 - Asset management during production of media (2019-10-15),

6. 10390090 - System and method for social interaction about content items such as movies (2019-08-20),

7. 10339120 - Method and system for recording information about rendered assets (2019-07-02),

8. 10223508 - Consumer rights locker (2019-03-05),

9. 10015463 - Logging events in media files including frame matching (2018-07-03),

10. 9723294 - Adjusting horizontal and vertical shading in 3-D rendering (2017-08-01),

11. 9715756 - Rendering 3-D scenes using bent rays (2017-07-25),

12. 9621869 - System and method for rendering affected pixels (2017-04-11),

13. 9535768 - Managing multi-threaded operations in a multimedia authoring environment (2017-01-03),

14. 9336622 - System and method to achieve better eyelines in CG characters (2016-05-10),

15. 9286446 - Domain spanning applications (2016-03-15),

Company Overview

Sony Pictures Technologies Inc., based in Culver City, California, specializes in the development and integration of advanced technologies for the entertainment industry. The company focuses on enhancing film and television production through innovative solutions in visual effects, sound design, and digital distribution. By leveraging cutting-edge research in areas such as virtual reality and cloud computing, Sony Pictures Technologies aims to elevate the viewer experience and streamline content creation processes across various platforms.

Profile summary synthesized from public USPTO records and patent filings.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Oct 6 2026

33 Patents

#12 in Culver City, CA

#2,460 in California

#10,297 in US

#20,130 in the World

Culver City, CA, United States of America

Sony Pictures Technologies Inc.

Forward Citations = 21

35 inventors:

Richard Berger (7 out of 38 patents)

Alan L Davidson (4 out of 9 patents)

Parag Havaldar (3 out of 9 patents)

4. Peter H Palombi (3 out of 3 patents)

5. Robert B Engle (3 out of 8 patents)

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Company Patent Portfolio: Sony Pictures Technologies Inc.. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/company/sony-pictures-technologies

Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile

Data Sources: USPTO Patent Grant XML, Patent Center, EPO & CIPO • Normalized by IDiyas Innovation Graph. Methodology & provenance architecturePlease report any incorrect information to [email protected]

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