Where does Polk Audio, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Polk Audio, LLC ranks #14,870 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 Polk Audio, LLC hold?

Polk Audio, LLC holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Polk Audio, LLC's Innovation Score?

Polk Audio, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.7 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Polk Audio, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Polk Audio, LLC's recent grant velocity is +14% 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 Polk Audio, LLC's patents?

Polk Audio, LLC's patents average 12.2 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 Polk Audio, 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

Polk Audio, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Polk Audio, LLC focus on?

Polk Audio, LLC's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 15 patents, ranking #184 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 4 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, Polk ranks #14,870 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 4 technology areas.

#14,870
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.7/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: +14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14870 · US Corporation #14,870 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #14,870/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pictech Management
CPC-NARROW H04R · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pictech Management Limited (±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 Polk’s 42.7 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 10.5 pts (25%) Velocity 17.8 pts (42%) Breadth 7.1 pts (17%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Polk Audio · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Polk's Innovation Score is 42.7/100 (top 30% 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 Polk?

Each dot is one of Polk’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). Polk’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Polk's grants concentrate

Polk Audio, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 75% 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 2024 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Polk sits between Pictech Management Limited and Purdue Pharmaceutical Products L.P..

Polk's three-year grant acceleration

Polk Audio, LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Pictech Management

20
Pied Parker

20
Plantic

20
Plentyoffish Medi…

20
Portworx

20
Procyrion

20
Proserv Operations

20
Purdue Pharmaceut…

20
Polk Audio ◀

20

What this shows Polk holds 20 patents at rank #14,866, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Polk

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,866 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Polk's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% 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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Polk Audio, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.0%
2016	1	5.0%
2017	1	5.0%
2019	3	15.0%
2023	1	5.0%
2024	7	35.0%
2025partial year	5	25.0%

Which technologies does Polk Audio, LLC patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 15

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 5

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 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

Top 4 of 4 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

Polk Audio, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Polk Audio, LLC's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #14,870 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Polk Audio, LLC against Pictech Management Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.7/100 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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