Where does Sonion Nederland B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sonion Nederland B.V. ranks #3,898 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 Sonion Nederland B.V. hold?

Sonion Nederland B.V. holds 93 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Sonion Nederland B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Sonion Nederland B.V. has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sonion Nederland B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sonion Nederland B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -4% 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 Sonion Nederland B.V.'s patents?

Sonion Nederland B.V.'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 Sonion Nederland B.V. 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

Sonion Nederland B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Sonion Nederland B.V. focus on?

Sonion Nederland B.V.'s top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 91 patents. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 93 granted patents across 20 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, Sonion ranks #3,898 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 93 patents across 20 technology areas.

#3,898
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3898 · Foreign Corporation #3,898 · 93 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 93 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,898/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sandoz
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sandoz AG (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AIC Innovations Group · near

43
Cascade · near

43
Mapbox · near

43
Sonion Nederland B V · this assignee

43
ST Jude Medical… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sonion's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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.

Where Sonion's grants concentrate

Sonion Nederland B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 97.8% 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 2021 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Sonion sits between Superc-touch Corporation and Aliphcom.

Sonion's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sonion Nederland B.V. moved from 43 to 10 grants (0.23x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Superc-touch

93
Sandoz

93
Shenyang Neusoft…

93
Sloan Kettering I…

93
Youngo

93
ZF Active Safety…

93
Sonion Nederland… ◀

93
ABB

92
Aliphcom

92

What this shows Sonion holds 93 patents at rank #3,899, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sonion

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,899 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sonion, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Mapbox, Inc. 43 AIC Innovations Group, Inc. 43 Cascade Corporation 43 ST. Jude Medical Coordination Center Bvba 43

Similar claim depth

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

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. 16.7 avg Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd. 16.7 avg General Cable Technologies Corporation 16.7 avg DRÄGER Safety AG & Co. Kgaa 16.7 avg

Sonion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Sonion Nederland B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.5%
2016	9	9.7%
2017	8	8.6%
2018	11	11.8%
2019	10	10.8%
2020	16	17.2%
2021	17	18.3%
2022	5	5.4%
2023	3	3.2%
2024	2	2.2%
2025partial year	5	5.4%

Which technologies does Sonion Nederland B.V. patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 91

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 9

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 8

H03F - Amplifiers 6

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 5

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,898

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

43.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sonion Nederland B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sonion Nederland B.V.'s lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 97.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #3,898 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sonion Nederland B.V. against Superc-touch Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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