Where does QSC, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), QSC, LLC ranks #8,466 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 QSC, LLC hold?

QSC, LLC holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is QSC, LLC's Innovation Score?

QSC, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.4 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

QSC, LLC's recent grant velocity is +127% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for QSC, LLC's patents?

QSC, LLC'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 QSC, 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

QSC, LLC

Q: What technology areas does QSC, LLC focus on?

QSC, LLC's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 18 patents, ranking #154 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 8 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, QSC ranks #8,466 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 8 technology areas.

#8,466
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.4/100): 15.1
avg claims per patent: +127%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8466 · US Corporation #8,466 · 38 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,466/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Primal Fusion
CPC-NARROW H04R · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +127% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Primal Fusion 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 QSC’s 42.4 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 12.7 pts (30%) Velocity 10.7 pts (25%) Breadth 10.0 pts (24%) Claim depth 9.0 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Auspex Pharmaceuticals · near

42
Piramal Pharma · near

42
QSC · this assignee

42
The Vollrath L L C · near

42
Zimmer Biomet Spine · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows QSC's Innovation Score is 42.4/100 (top 31% 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 QSC?

Each dot is one of QSC’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). QSC’s own 15.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where QSC's grants concentrate

QSC, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 47.4% 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 2023 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, QSC sits between Primal Fusion Inc. and Red Bull GmbH.

QSC's three-year grant acceleration

QSC, LLC shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Primal Fusion

38
Printpack Illinois

38
Prosports

38
Pure Fishing

38
Quantum Valley Id…

38
RDI

38
Rohto Pharmaceuti…

38
Red Bull

38
QSC ◀

38

What this shows QSC holds 38 patents at rank #8,466, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near QSC

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,466 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for QSC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), QSC ranks #154 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Auspex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 42 The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. 42 Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc. 42 Piramal Pharma Limited 42

QSC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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QSC, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.6%
2016	2	5.3%
2017	4	10.5%
2018	3	7.9%
2019	1	2.6%
2020	5	13.2%
2021	4	10.5%
2022	3	7.9%
2023	8	21.1%
2024	5	13.2%
2025partial year	2	5.3%

Which technologies does QSC, LLC patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 18

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

H03F - Amplifiers 5

H04B - Transmission 1

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

QSC, LLC's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #8,466 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare QSC, LLC against Primal Fusion Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.4/100 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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