Where does Phonak AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Phonak AG ranks #17,079 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 Phonak AG hold?

Phonak AG holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Phonak AG's Innovation Score?

Phonak AG has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Phonak AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Phonak AG'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 Phonak AG's patents?

Phonak AG's patents average 12.8 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 Phonak AG 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

Phonak AG

Q: What technology areas does Phonak AG focus on?

Phonak AG's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 13 patents, ranking #208 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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, Phonak ranks #17,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 14 technology areas.

#17,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17079 · Foreign Corporation #17,079 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,079/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Phenix Real Time…
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Phenix Real Time Solutions, 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.

How Phonak’s 30.9 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 10.0 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Phonak · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Phonak's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Phonak?

Each dot is one of Phonak’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). Phonak’s own 12.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Phonak's grants concentrate

Phonak AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 76.5% 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 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Phonak sits between Phenix Real Time Solutions, Inc. and Polar Semiconductor, LLC.

Phenix Real Time…

17
Phil Squared Roof…

17
Philips North Ame…

17
Phoenix Products

17
Piotech

17
Pivot Bio

17
Placon

17
Polar Semiconduct…

17
Phonak ◀

17

What this shows Phonak holds 17 patents at rank #17,094, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Phonak

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,094 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Phonak's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Phonak AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	88.2%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Phonak AG patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 13

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H04B - Transmission 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

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

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Phonak AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Phonak AG's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 76.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #17,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Phonak AG against Phenix Real Time Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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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