Where does Sonic IP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sonic IP, LLC ranks #5,323 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 Sonic IP, LLC hold?

Sonic IP, LLC holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Sonic IP, LLC's Innovation Score?

Sonic IP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sonic IP, LLC focus on?

Sonic IP, LLC's top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 54 patents, ranking #333 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sonic IP, LLC's recent grant velocity is -98% 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 Sonic IP, LLC's patents?

Sonic IP, LLC's patents average 21.1 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 Sonic IP, 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

Sonic IP, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sonic ranks #5,323 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 6 technology areas.

#5,323
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5323 · US Corporation #5,323 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,323/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Schneider Toshiba…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS (±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 Sonic’s 35.8 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 14.5 pts (40%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 12.7 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
PAX Computer… · near

36
Caffitaly System S P A · near

36
Sonic IP · this assignee

36
Xuzhou Heavy Machinery · near

36
Joyson Safety… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sonic's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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 Sonic?

Each dot is one of Sonic’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). Sonic’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sonic's grants concentrate

Sonic IP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.1% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (23 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Sonic sits between Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS and THE Bank OF NEW York Mellon.

Schneider Toshiba…

65
Seven Bridges Gen…

65
Shenzhen Grandsun

65
Shock Doctor

65
Subsea 7

65
Suphatchatwong In…

65
Swarovski-optik &…

65
THE Bank OF NEW Y…

65
Sonic IP ◀

65

What this shows Sonic holds 65 patents at rank #5,323, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sonic

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,323 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sonic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Sonic ranks #333 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Caffitaly System S.P.A. 36 Xuzhou Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd. 36 PAX Computer Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. 36 Joyson Safety Systems Germany GmbH 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.1 here).

Avigilon Fortress Corporation 21.1 avg Anokiwave, Inc. 21.1 avg DSP Group Ltd. 21.1 avg Skydio, Inc. 21.1 avg

Sonic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Sonic IP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	30.8%
2016	23	35.4%
2017	16	24.6%
2018	4	6.2%
2019	1	1.5%
2020	1	1.5%

Which technologies does Sonic IP, LLC patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 54

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 37

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 11

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Top 6 of 6 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

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

Sonic IP, LLC's lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 83.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #5,323 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sonic IP, LLC against Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.8/100 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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