Where does Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. ranks #36,137 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 Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. hold?

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'s Innovation Score?

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. has an Innovation Score of 26.3 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'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 Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'s patents?

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'s patents average 15.1 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 Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. 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

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.

Q: What technology areas does Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. focus on?

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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, Knowles ranks #36,137 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#36,137
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.3/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36137 · Foreign Corporation #36,137 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,137/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kiosk Information…
CPC-NARROW H04R · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kiosk Information Systems, 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
Knowles IPC (M) SDN… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knowles's Innovation Score is 26.3/100 (20th 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 Knowles's grants concentrate

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 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 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Knowles sits between Kiosk Information Systems, Inc. and Koike Sanso Kogyo Co., Ltd..

Kiosk Information…

7
Kirwan Surgical P…

7
Klüber Lubricatio…

7
Kneron (Taiwan)

7
Knoze Jr

7
Kohl's

7
Kohler India Priv…

7
Koike Sanso Kogyo

7
Knowles IPC (M) S… ◀

7

What this shows Knowles holds 7 patents at rank #36,144, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knowles

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,144 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Knowles's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	42.9%
2016	2	28.6%
2017	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 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

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 8 of 8 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#36,137

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.3 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

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD.'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 #36,137 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knowles IPC (M) SDN. BHD. against Kiosk Information Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.3/100 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.

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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