Where does Sound Devices LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sound Devices LLC ranks #25,261 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 Sound Devices LLC hold?

Sound Devices LLC holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Sound Devices LLC's Innovation Score?

Sound Devices LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.0 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%).

Is Sound Devices LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sound Devices LLC's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Sound Devices LLC's patents?

Sound Devices LLC's patents average 20.6 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 Sound Devices 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

Sound Devices LLC

Q: What technology areas does Sound Devices LLC focus on?

Sound Devices LLC's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 7 patents, ranking #343 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 18 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: 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, Sound ranks #25,261 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 18 technology areas.

#25,261
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25261 · US Corporation #25,261 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,261/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sonics
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sonics, 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 Sound’s 36.0 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 8.6 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sound Devices · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sound's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (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 Sound?

Each dot is one of Sound’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). Sound’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sound's grants concentrate

Sound Devices LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 63.6% 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 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sound sits between Sonics, Inc. and Spinal Kinetics, Inc..

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What this shows Sound holds 11 patents at rank #25,283, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sound

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,283 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Sound'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

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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.

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Sound Devices LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2019	4	36.4%
2020	3	27.3%
2025partial year	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Sound Devices LLC patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 7

H04H - Broadcast Communication 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 2

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

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

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G04G - Electronic Time-pieces 1

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Sound Devices LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sound Devices LLC's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #25,261 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sound Devices LLC against Sonics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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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