Pixar
Emeryville, CA, US· latest recorded location
Pixar is named on 351 US grants and 183 published applications in this corpus. Its most frequent classification is G06T (Image data processing or generation, in general).
- Granted patents
- 351
- Published applications
- 183
- Inventors
- 273
- Granted in 2026 so far
- 1
- Most recent grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 4 | 18 |
| 2005 | 2 | 35 |
| 2006 | 10 | 22 |
| 2007 | 13 | 15 |
| 2008 | 19 | 4 |
| 2009 | 16 | 14 |
| 2010 | 25 | 6 |
| 2011 | 32 | 7 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1 |
| 2013 | 41 | 4 |
| 2014 | 29 | 9 |
| 2015 | 19 | 8 |
| 2016 | 24 | 6 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9 |
| 2019 | 16 | 6 |
| 2020 | 15 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 4 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Technology areas
Share of 534 documents
- G06TImage data processing or generation, in general451
- G06FComputing and data processing89
- H04NPictorial communication53
- G06NAI and machine learning22
- G09GArrangements or circuits for control of indicating devices using static means to17
- G06VImage and video recognition15
- G02BOptical elements, systems or apparatus9
- G03BApparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them9
- Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests9
- H04LDigital communication6
Recent patents
- Performer stand for content production8 Sep 2026US D1,146,366 S1Design
- Hair editing techniques for animation23 Dec 2025US 12,505,598 B1
- Character articulation through profile curves21 Oct 2025US 12,450,835 B2
- Object alignment techniques for animation15 Apr 2025US 12,277,662 B2
- Cloth modeling using quad render meshes17 Dec 2024US 12,169,899 B2
- Three-dimensional modeling using detached feature meshes5 Feb 2026US 2026/0038204 A1
- Volumetric neural style transfer masking4 Dec 2025US 2025/0371826 A1
- Character articulation through profile curves20 Jun 2024US 2024/0203056 A1
- Object alignment techniques for animation2 May 2024US 2024/0144622 A1
- Cloth modeling using quad render meshes15 Feb 2024US 2024/0054727 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for non-affine image warping275US 5,175,808 A1992
- Methods and apparatus for imaging volume data with shading105US 4,835,712 A1989
- Method and apparatus for compression and decompression of color data94US 5,734,744 A1998
- Method and apparatus for user inputs for three-dimensional animation77US 8,799,821 B12014
- Pseudo-random point sampling techniques in computer graphics74US 4,897,806 A1990