Where does GN Netcom A/S rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), GN Netcom A/S ranks #4,241 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 GN Netcom A/S hold?

GN Netcom A/S holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is GN Netcom A/S's Innovation Score?

GN Netcom A/S has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is GN Netcom A/S's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

GN Netcom A/S'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 GN Netcom A/S's patents?

GN Netcom 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 GN Netcom 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

GN Netcom A/S

Q: What technology areas does GN Netcom A/S focus on?

GN Netcom 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 22 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, GN ranks #4,241 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,241
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4241 · Foreign Corporation #4,241 · 84 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,241/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delaware Capital…
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delaware Capital Formation, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aptinyx · near

34
e-AAM Driveline… · near

34
Coretech System · near

34
Fosbel · near

34
GN Netcom A/S · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows GN's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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.

Where GN's grants concentrate

GN Netcom A/S is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 26.2% 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 (25 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2019. By volume, GN sits between Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. and Imra America, Inc..

Delaware Capital…

84
Earlens

84
Flipboard

84
Festo & KG

84
Guangdong Gopod G…

84
Galapagos

84
Ignite USA

84
Imra America

84
GN Netcom A/S ◀

84

What this shows GN holds 84 patents at rank #4,240, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near GN

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,240 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Coretech System Co., Ltd. 34 Fosbel, Inc. 34 e-AAM Driveline Systems AB 34 Aptinyx Inc. 34

Similar claim depth

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

Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. 9.0 avg Suntory Holdings Limited 9.0 avg Mirise Technologies Corporation 9.0 avg Bang & Olufsen A/S 9.0 avg

GN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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GN Netcom A/S patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	25	29.8%
2016	22	26.2%
2017	21	25.0%
2018	12	14.3%
2019	4	4.8%

Which technologies does GN Netcom A/S patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 22

H04M - Telephonic Communication 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 5

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

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

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 1

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 1

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 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,241

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

34.0 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

GN Netcom A/S's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

GN Netcom A/S's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 26.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #4,241 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare GN Netcom A/S against Delaware Capital Formation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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