Where does III Holdings 4, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), III Holdings 4, LLC ranks #10,059 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 III Holdings 4, LLC hold?

III Holdings 4, LLC holds 31 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is III Holdings 4, LLC's Innovation Score?

III Holdings 4, LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.9 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 III Holdings 4, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

III Holdings 4, LLC's recent grant velocity is -81% 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 III Holdings 4, LLC's patents?

III Holdings 4, LLC's patents average 18.9 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 III Holdings 4, LLC 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

III Holdings 4, LLC

Q: What technology areas does III Holdings 4, LLC focus on?

III Holdings 4, LLC's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 20 patents, ranking #137 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 31 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, III ranks #10,059 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 31 patents across 9 technology areas.

#10,059
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.9/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10059 · US Corporation #10,059 · 31 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 31 grants
UPPER-Q #10,059/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Handi-Foil
CPC-NARROW H04R · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Handi-Foil Corp. (±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 III’s 33.9 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 12.0 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ROE Visual · near

34
III Holdings 4 · this assignee

34
John Nicholas and… · near

34
Ostara Nutrient… · near

34
Apollo Education Group · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows III's Innovation Score is 33.9/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for III?

Each dot is one of III’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). III’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where III's grants concentrate

III Holdings 4, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 64.5% 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 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, III sits between Handi-Foil Corp. and InPro Corporation.

Handi-foil

31
Hefei Visionox Te…

31
Hitachi Systems

31
Hope Medical Ente…

31
Imperial College…

31
Innerworkings

31
Illumina Singapor…

31
Inpro

31
III Holdings 4 ◀

31

What this shows III holds 31 patents at rank #10,059, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near III

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,059 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for III, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), III ranks #137 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

John Nicholas and Kristin Gross Trust 34 Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies Inc. 34 ROE Visual Co Ltd 34 Apollo Education Group, Inc. 34

III'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 · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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III Holdings 4, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.5%
2016	5	16.1%
2017	6	19.4%
2018	9	29.0%
2019	4	12.9%
2020	4	12.9%
2021	1	3.2%

Which technologies does III Holdings 4, LLC patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

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 6

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

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 1

Top 9 of 9 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

III Holdings 4, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

III Holdings 4, LLC's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 64.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #10,059 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare III Holdings 4, LLC against Handi-Foil Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.9/100 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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