Where does Ear Tech, Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ear Tech, Llc ranks #21,036 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Ear Tech, Llc hold?

Ear Tech, Llc holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Ear Tech, Llc's Innovation Score?

Ear Tech, Llc has an Innovation Score of 27.2 out of 100 (top 77% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ear Tech, Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ear Tech, Llc's recent grant velocity is +1100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ear Tech, Llc's patents?

Ear Tech, Llc's patents average 8.7 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 Ear Tech, 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

Ear Tech, Llc

Q: What technology areas does Ear Tech, Llc focus on?

Ear Tech, Llc's top technology area is H04R (LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS) with 2 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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, Ear ranks #21,036 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,036
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 77%
by Innovation Score (27.2/100): 8.7
avg claims per patent: +1100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21036 · US Corporation #21,036 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,036/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH EastPoint Sports
CPC-NARROW H04R · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +1100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Eastpoint Sports Ltd., Llc (±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
Ear Tech · this assignee

27
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Ear's Innovation Score is 27.2/100 (top 77% 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 Ear's grants concentrate

Ear Tech, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 15.4% 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 2021 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ear sits between Essence Technology Holdings (hk) Limited and Ecotech Marine, Llc.

Essence Technolog…

13
Essentially Engin…

13
Eturi

13
Exhart Environmen…

13
Eastpoint Sports

13
Easy Solar Produc…

13
Eck Industries

13
Ecotech Marine

13
Ear Tech ◀

13

What this shows Ear holds 13 patents at rank #21,073, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ear

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,073 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Ear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 Top 77% higher than 23% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ear Tech, Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2021	8	61.5%
2022	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Ear Tech, Llc patent most?

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION 2

A61F - FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRS 2

H04S - STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 1

G08B - SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS 1

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY 1

A61M - DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY ; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR 1

A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES 1

F26B - DRYING SOLID MATERIALS OR OBJECTS BY REMOVING LIQUID THEREFROM 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#21,036

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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