Where does Bang & Olufsen A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bang & Olufsen A/S ranks #3,906 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Bang & Olufsen A/S hold?

Bang & Olufsen A/S holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Bang & Olufsen A/S's Innovation Score?

Bang & Olufsen A/S has an Innovation Score of 48.7 out of 100 (top 16% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Bang & Olufsen A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Bang & Olufsen A/S's recent grant velocity is +18% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Bang & Olufsen A/S's patents?

Bang & Olufsen A/S's patents average 9.0 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Bang & Olufsen A/S patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Bang & Olufsen A/S

Q: What technology areas does Bang & Olufsen A/S focus on?

Bang & Olufsen A/S's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 31 patents. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 92 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bang ranks #3,906 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 26 technology areas.

#3,906
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.7/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3906 · Foreign Corporation #3,906 · 92 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,906/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Afiniti
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Afiniti, Ltd. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alcoa · near

49
Bang & Olufsen A/S · this assignee

49
Clarios Advanced… · near

49
Honda Access · near

49
Shenzhen OUR New… · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bang's Innovation Score is 48.7/100 (top 16% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Where Bang's grants concentrate

Bang & Olufsen A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 33.7% of grants classified under H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (18 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Bang sits between Aliphcom and Databricks, Inc..

Bang's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Bang & Olufsen A/S moved from 20 to 29 grants (1.45x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aliphcom

92
Anheuser-busch In…

92
Afiniti

92
BOE Optical Scien…

92
Cidra Corporate S…

92
Cirque

92
Dreamworks Animat…

92
Databricks

92
Bang & Olufsen A/S ◀

92

What this shows Bang holds 92 patents at rank #3,907, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bang

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,907 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Bang's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Bang, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Honda Access Corp. 49 Alcoa Inc. 49 Shenzhen OUR New Medical Technologies Development Co., Ltd. 49 Clarios Advanced Solutions GmbH 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.0 here).

Mirise Technologies Corporation 9.0 avg GN Netcom A/S 9.0 avg Cataler Corporation 9.0 avg Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. 9.0 avg

Bang's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Bang & Olufsen A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.6%
2016	9	9.8%
2017	5	5.4%
2018	4	4.3%
2019	9	9.8%
2020	6	6.5%
2021	5	5.4%
2022	3	3.3%
2023	18	19.6%
2024	8	8.7%
2025partial year	18	19.6%

Which technologies does Bang & Olufsen A/S patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 31

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 6

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

H03F - Amplifiers 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 3

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

C25D - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Production OF COATINGS; ELECTROFORMING; Apparatus Therefor 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,906

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.7 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Bang & Olufsen A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bang & Olufsen A/S's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 33.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #3,906 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bang & Olufsen A/S against Aliphcom, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.7/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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