Where does Harman International Industries, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Harman International Industries, Incorporated ranks #321 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 Harman International Industries, Incorporated hold?

Harman International Industries, Incorporated holds 1,341 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 105 technology areas.

What is Harman International Industries, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Harman International Industries, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 62.3 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Harman International Industries, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Harman International Industries, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +2% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Harman International Industries, Incorporated's patents?

Harman International Industries, Incorporated's patents average 12.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Harman International Industries, Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Harman International Industries, Incorporated focus on?

Harman International Industries, Incorporated's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 450 patents, ranking #9 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 105 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Harman International Industries, Incorporated 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 PatentsView assignee record - 1,341 granted patents across 105 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, Harman ranks #321 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,341 patents across 105 technology areas.

#321
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.3/100): 12.6
avg claims per patent: +2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R321 · US Corporation #321 · 1,341 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.3K grants
TOP-DECILE #321/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kubota
CPC-WIDE H04R · 105 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kubota Corporation (±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 Harman’s 62.3 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 24.9 pts (40%) Velocity 4.9 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.5 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fortinet · near

62
Harman International… · this assignee

62
Jilin University · near

62
Trustees of Tufts… · near

62
Mazda Motor · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Harman's Innovation Score is 62.3/100 (top 2% 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 Harman?

Each dot is one of Harman’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). Harman’s own 12.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Harman's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Harman International Industries, Incorporated received 622 grants versus 612 in 2015–2019 (+2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 169 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 73. Lead class H04R accounts for 33.6% of the portfolio across 105 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Acer Incorporated (#317) and Otis Elevator Company (#325).

Harman's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Harman International Industries, Incorporated moved from 457 to 334 grants (0.73x 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 #2,051. See the growth leaderboard.

Acer Incorporated

1,350
Exxonmobil Chemic…

1,350
Beijing Bytedance…

1,348
Sanofi-aventis De…

1,348
Harman Internatio… ◀

1,341
Kubota

1,340
Cook Medical

1,327
Avago General IP…

1,321
Otis Elevator

1,319

What this shows Harman holds 1,341 patents at rank #321, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Harman

By rank, the assignees closest to #321 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Harman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), Harman ranks #9 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Trustees of Tufts College 62 Jilin University 62 Mazda Motor Corporation 62 Fortinet, Inc. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.6 here).

Husqvarna AB 12.6 avg Terumo BCT, Inc. 12.6 avg INDUSTRY—UNIVERSITY Cooperation Foundation Korea Aerospace University 12.6 avg NantBio, Inc. 12.6 avg

Harman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Harman International Industries, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	73	5.4%
2016	85	6.3%
2017	147	11.0%
2018	138	10.3%
2019	169	12.6%
2020	167	12.5%
2021	121	9.0%
2022	99	7.4%
2023	113	8.4%
2024	122	9.1%
2025partial year	107	8.0%

Which technologies does Harman International Industries, Incorporated patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 450

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 224

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 140

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 99

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 90

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 87

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 78

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 76

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 71

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 65

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 60

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 60

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 51

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 48

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 47

Top 15 of 105 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

Harman International Industries, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Harman International Industries, Incorporated's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 33.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #321 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Harman International Industries, Incorporated against Acer Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.3/100 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.

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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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