Where does Fortemedia, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fortemedia, Inc. ranks #8,588 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 Fortemedia, Inc. hold?

Fortemedia, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Fortemedia, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fortemedia, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.8 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Fortemedia, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -6% 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 Fortemedia, Inc.'s patents?

Fortemedia, Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 Fortemedia, 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

Fortemedia, Inc.

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

Fortemedia, Inc.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 33 patents, ranking #94 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 16 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, Fortemedia ranks #8,588 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 16 technology areas.

#8,588
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.8/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8588 · US Corporation #8,588 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,588/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Exemplar Design
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Exemplar Design, 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.

How Fortemedia’s 40.8 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 12.6 pts (31%) Velocity 4.6 pts (11%) Breadth 14.1 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fine M-tec · near

41
Aurrion · near

41
Fortemedia · this assignee

41
Keyssa Systems · near

41
Radiant Opto (Suzhou) · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fortemedia's Innovation Score is 40.8/100 (top 35% 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 Fortemedia?

Each dot is one of Fortemedia’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). Fortemedia’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fortemedia's grants concentrate

Fortemedia, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 89.2% 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 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fortemedia sits between Exemplar Design, LLC and Flow International Corporation.

Fortemedia's three-year grant acceleration

Fortemedia, Inc. shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Exemplar Design

37
Fanuc America

37
Flir Unmanned Aer…

37
Flow Control

37
Fuji OIL Holdings

37
Fuso Pharmaceutic…

37
Fisher & Paykel A…

37
Flow International

37
Fortemedia ◀

37

What this shows Fortemedia holds 37 patents at rank #8,586, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fortemedia

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,586 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Fortemedia, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), Fortemedia ranks #94 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Keyssa Systems, Inc. 41 Radiant Opto Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 41 Aurrion, Inc. 41 Fine M-tec Co., Ltd 41

Fortemedia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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Fortemedia, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	5.4%
2016	1	2.7%
2017	2	5.4%
2018	4	10.8%
2019	7	18.9%
2020	2	5.4%
2021	4	10.8%
2022	3	8.1%
2023	2	5.4%
2024	4	10.8%
2025partial year	6	16.2%

Which technologies does Fortemedia, Inc. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 33

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 14

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

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 5

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 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 1

Top 15 of 16 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

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

Fortemedia, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 89.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #8,588 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fortemedia, Inc. against Exemplar Design, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.8/100 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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