Where does Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC ranks #2,011 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 Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC hold?

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC holds 199 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC's Innovation Score?

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.1 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC focus on?

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC's top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 94 patents, ranking #65 of 2,488 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC's patents?

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC's patents average 14.0 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 Sorenson IP Holdings, 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

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 199 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04M (Telephonic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sorenson ranks #2,011 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 199 patents across 23 technology areas.

#2,011
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2011 · US Corporation #2,011 · 199 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 199 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,011/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fedex Corporate…
CPC-FOCUS H04M · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fedex Corporate Services 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 Sorenson’s 47.1 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 18.3 pts (39%) Velocity 3.4 pts (7%) Breadth 17.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airbus DS · near

47
BAE Systems Bofors AB · near

47
Daiki · near

47
Server Technology · near

47
Sorenson IP Holdings · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sorenson's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (top 19% 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 Sorenson?

Each dot is one of Sorenson’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). Sorenson’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sorenson's grants concentrate

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 47.2% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (54 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2024. By volume, Sorenson sits between Fedex Corporate Services Inc. and Ossur HF.

Sorenson's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC moved from 64 to 33 grants (0.52x 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 #2,648. See the growth leaderboard.

Fedex Corporate S…

199
Globeride

199
Kraft Foods Group…

199
Nippon Sheet Glass

199
Valeo North Ameri…

199
Sorenson IP Holdi… ◀

199
Crossbar

198
Lagree

198
Ossur HF

198

What this shows Sorenson holds 199 patents at rank #2,011, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sorenson

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,011 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sorenson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04M (Telephonic Communication), Sorenson ranks #65 of 2,488 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Airbus DS GMBH 47 Server Technology, Inc. 47 Daiki Co., Ltd. 47 BAE Systems Bofors AB 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.0 here).

Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 14.0 avg I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A. 14.0 avg G.D Societa' PER Azioni 14.0 avg Fujifilm Corporation 14.0 avg

Sorenson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	54	27.1%
2018	42	21.1%
2019	33	16.6%
2020	19	9.5%
2021	12	6.0%
2022	10	5.0%
2023	17	8.5%
2024	6	3.0%
2025partial year	6	3.0%

Which technologies does Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 94

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 79

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 31

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 28

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 28

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 25

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 19

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 14

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 9

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 4

H03G - Control OF Amplification 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

H04B - Transmission 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC's lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 47.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #2,011 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC against Fedex Corporate Services Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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