Where does Conexant Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Conexant Systems, LLC ranks #8,181 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 Conexant Systems, LLC hold?

Conexant Systems, LLC holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Conexant Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Conexant Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.2 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Conexant Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Conexant Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Conexant Systems, LLC's patents?

Conexant Systems, LLC's patents average 17.7 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 Conexant Systems, LLC 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 US Corporation

Conexant Systems, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Conexant Systems, LLC focus on?

Conexant Systems, LLC's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 11 patents, ranking #250 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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, Conexant ranks #8,181 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 20 technology areas.

#8,181
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.2/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8181 · US Corporation #8,181 · 39 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,181/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Catalina Marketing
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Catalina Marketing Corporation (±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.

How Conexant’s 39.2 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.7 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Atomic Design · near

39
Conexant Systems · this assignee

39
Shanghai Neusoft… · near

39
The Sollami · near

39
WaferTech · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Conexant's Innovation Score is 39.2/100 (top 39% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Conexant?

Each dot is one of Conexant’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Conexant’s own 17.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Conexant vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Conexant's grants concentrate

Conexant Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 28.2% 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 2015 (17 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2017. By volume, Conexant sits between Catalina Marketing Corporation and Dongjin Semichem Co., Ltd..

Catalina Marketing

39
Cavendish Kinetics

39
Cayenne Medical

39
Chemtron Research

39
Curemark

39
Cydex Pharmaceuti…

39
Doheny EYE Instit…

39
Dongjin Semichem

39
Conexant Systems ◀

39

What this shows Conexant holds 39 patents at rank #8,182, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Conexant

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,182 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Conexant, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), Conexant ranks #250 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Shanghai Neusoft Medical Technology Co., Ltd. 39 The Sollami Company 39 Atomic Design Inc. 39 WaferTech, LLC 39

Conexant's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Conexant Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	43.6%
2016	14	35.9%
2017	8	20.5%

Which technologies does Conexant Systems, LLC patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 11

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

H03G - Control OF Amplification 7

H03F - Amplifiers 5

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 4

H04B - Transmission 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

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 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Conexant Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Conexant Systems, LLC's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 28.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #8,181 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Conexant Systems, LLC against Catalina Marketing Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.2/100 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

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