Where does Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. ranks #1,926 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 Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. hold?

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. holds 209 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 65.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +191% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s patents?

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 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

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. focus on?

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 120 patents, ranking #36 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 209 granted patents across 43 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, Shure ranks #1,926 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 209 patents across 43 technology areas.

#1,926
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.1/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +191%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1926 · US Corporation #1,926 · 209 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 209 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,926/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH China University OF…
CPC-WIDE H04R · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +191% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: China University OF Petroleum (EAST CHINA) (±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 Shure’s 65.1 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 18.5 pts (28%) Velocity 13.5 pts (21%) Breadth 23.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Jiangsu University · near

65
Snap-on Incorporated · near

65
University of Idaho · near

65
Shure Acquisition… · this assignee

65
Motorola Solutions · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shure's Innovation Score is 65.1/100 (top 1% 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 Shure?

Each dot is one of Shure’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). Shure’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shure's grants concentrate

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 57.4% 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 2022 (38 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, Shure sits between China University OF Petroleum (EAST CHINA) and JT International SA.

Shure's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. moved from 50 to 101 grants (2.02x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #209. See the growth leaderboard.

China University…

209
Institute of Geol…

209
Lego A/S

209
Nabors Drilling U…

209
The Charles Machi…

209
Shure Acquisition… ◀

209
Becton Dickinson…

208
Fiskars Finland O…

208
JT International

208

What this shows Shure holds 209 patents at rank #1,926, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shure

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,926 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Shure, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), Shure ranks #36 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Jiangsu University 65 Snap-on Incorporated 65 Motorola Solutions, Inc. 65 University of Idaho 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Nidec Motor Corporation 16.7 avg GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH 16.7 avg LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG 16.7 avg Statoil Petroleum AS 16.7 avg

Shure's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	2.4%
2016	9	4.3%
2017	8	3.8%
2018	11	5.3%
2019	14	6.7%
2020	25	12.0%
2021	11	5.3%
2022	38	18.2%
2023	34	16.3%
2024	29	13.9%
2025partial year	25	12.0%

Which technologies does Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 120

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 33

H04B - Transmission 29

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

H04M - Telephonic Communication 22

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 21

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 20

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 14

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 6

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

H03J - Tuning Resonant CIRCUITS; Selecting Resonant Circuits 3

H03G - Control OF Amplification 3

Top 15 of 43 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

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 57.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #1,926 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. against China University OF Petroleum (EAST CHINA), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.1/100 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

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