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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gracenote, Inc. ranks #1,027 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 Gracenote, Inc. hold?

Gracenote, Inc. holds 426 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Gracenote, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gracenote, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gracenote, Inc. focus on?

Gracenote, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 244 patents, ranking #259 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

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

Gracenote, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +104% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Gracenote, Inc.'s patents?

Gracenote, Inc.'s patents average 20.6 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 Gracenote, 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

Gracenote, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 426 granted patents across 32 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gracenote ranks #1,027 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 426 patents across 32 technology areas.

#1,027
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.0/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +104%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1027 · US Corporation #1,027 · 426 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 426 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,027/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dunlop Sports
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +104% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd. (±1 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 Gracenote’s 59.0 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 20.9 pts (35%) Velocity 5.7 pts (10%) Breadth 20.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A9 com · near

59
BOE Mled Technology · near

59
Gracenote · this assignee

59
Microjet Technology · near

59
Sulzer Management · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gracenote's Innovation Score is 59.0/100 (top 4% 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 Gracenote?

Each dot is one of Gracenote’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). Gracenote’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gracenote's grants concentrate

Gracenote, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 57.3% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (66 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2015. By volume, Gracenote sits between Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd. and Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc..

Gracenote's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Gracenote, Inc. moved from 158 to 136 grants (0.86x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,625. See the growth leaderboard.

Dunlop Sports

427
Interdigital VC H…

427
PGS Geophysical AS

427
University OF Sou…

427
Gracenote ◀

426
Hitachi Chemical

425
NOK

425
Zoom Video Commun…

425
Iowa State Univer…

424

What this shows Gracenote holds 426 patents at rank #1,027, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gracenote

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,027 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Gracenote, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Gracenote ranks #259 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

A9.com, Inc. 59 Microjet Technology Co., Ltd. 59 Sulzer Management AG 59 BOE Mled Technology Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.6 here).

DeepMind Technologies Limited 20.6 avg Autodesk, Inc. 20.6 avg Align Technology, Inc. 20.6 avg Intel IP Corporation 20.6 avg

Gracenote's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Gracenote, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	2.8%
2016	23	5.4%
2017	16	3.8%
2018	35	8.2%
2019	39	9.2%
2020	53	12.4%
2021	66	15.5%
2022	35	8.2%
2023	46	10.8%
2024	55	12.9%
2025partial year	46	10.8%

Which technologies does Gracenote, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 244

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 226

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 104

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 95

H04H - Broadcast Communication 56

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 53

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 47

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 45

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 43

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

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 26

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 19

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 19

H04M - Telephonic Communication 18

Top 15 of 32 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

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

Gracenote, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 57.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,027 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gracenote, Inc. against Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.0/100 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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