Valve Corp patents

Valve Corp holds 394 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents394
Recent patents100
First publicationJan 13, 2015
Latest publicationApr 2, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
20159
201612
201710
201810
201943
202064
202187
202244
202346
202435
202526
20268
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
20159
201612
201710
201810
201943
202064
202187
202244
202346
202435
202526
20268

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Valve Corp have in patentsdb?
Valve Corp is linked to 394 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Valve Corp patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Physics (333); Human Necessities (169); Electricity (76).
Is Valve Corp's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 35 in 2024 and 26 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Valve Corp?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.