Where does iHear Medical, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), iHear Medical, Inc. ranks #12,978 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 iHear Medical, Inc. hold?

iHear Medical, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is iHear Medical, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

iHear Medical, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.6 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

iHear Medical, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -95% 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 iHear Medical, Inc.'s patents?

iHear Medical, Inc.'s patents average 29.6 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 iHear Medical, 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

iHear Medical, Inc.

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

iHear Medical, Inc.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 23 patents, ranking #118 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, ihear ranks #12,978 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 6 technology areas.

#12,978
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.6/100): 29.6
avg claims per patent: -95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12978 · US Corporation #12,978 · 23 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,978/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH argenx BV
CPC-NARROW H04R · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: argenx BV (±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 ihear’s 34.6 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 11.0 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (43%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
iHear Medical · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ihear's Innovation Score is 34.6/100 (48th 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 ihear?

Each dot is one of ihear’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). ihear’s own 29.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ihear's grants concentrate

iHear Medical, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, ihear sits between Zenlabs Energy, Inc. and 1304338 Alberta Ltd..

Zenlabs Energy

23
Zhejiang Arru Pet…

23
argenx BV

23
avateramedical

23
ip access

23
miroculus

23
nutonomy

23
ihear Medical ◀

23
1304338 Alberta

22

What this shows iHear holds 23 patents at rank #13,268, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near iHear

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,268 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

ihear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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iHear Medical, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	30.4%
2016	3	13.0%
2017	4	17.4%
2018	5	21.7%
2019	3	13.0%
2020	1	4.3%

Which technologies does iHear Medical, Inc. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 23

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 6

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 2

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

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 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 6 of 6 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

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

iHear Medical, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #12,978 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare iHear Medical, Inc. against Zenlabs Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.6/100 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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