Where does Etymotic Research, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Etymotic Research, Inc. ranks #14,600 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 Etymotic Research, Inc. hold?

Etymotic Research, Inc. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Etymotic Research, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Etymotic Research, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.2 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Etymotic Research, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Etymotic Research, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Etymotic Research, Inc.'s patents?

Etymotic Research, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Etymotic Research, Inc. 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

Etymotic Research, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Etymotic Research, Inc. focus on?

Etymotic Research, Inc.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 16 patents, ranking #167 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Etymotic ranks #14,600 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 9 technology areas.

#14,600
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.2/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14600 · US Corporation #14,600 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,600/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Earthway Products
CPC-NARROW H04R · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Earthway Products, Inc. (±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 Etymotic’s 32.2 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 10.5 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Etymotic Research · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Etymotic's Innovation Score is 32.2/100 (40th percentile 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 Etymotic?

Each dot is one of Etymotic’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). Etymotic’s own 18.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Etymotic's grants concentrate

Etymotic Research, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% 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 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Etymotic sits between EOTech, LLC and Earthway Products, Inc..

Eotech

20
Epic Systems

20
ES Fibervisions

20
Escape Fitness

20
European Aeronaut…

20
EV Group

20
Exthera Medical

20
Earthway Products

20
Etymotic Research ◀

20

What this shows Etymotic holds 20 patents at rank #14,587, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Etymotic

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,587 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Etymotic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Etymotic Research, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	30.0%
2016	2	10.0%
2017	1	5.0%
2018	4	20.0%
2019	4	20.0%
2020	2	10.0%
2021	1	5.0%

Which technologies does Etymotic Research, Inc. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 16

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 7

H04B - Transmission 3

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 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Etymotic Research, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Etymotic Research, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #14,600 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Etymotic Research, Inc. against EOTech, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.2/100 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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