Where does Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. ranks #19,171 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 Shore Innovations L.L.C. hold?

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s patents?

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s patents average 9.1 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 Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. 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 Shore Innovations L.L.C.

Q: What technology areas does Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. focus on?

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 5 patents, ranking #277 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sound ranks #19,171 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 7 technology areas.

#19,171
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 9.1
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19171 · US Corporation #19,171 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,171/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smart Packaging…
CPC-NARROW A63B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smart Packaging Solutions (±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 44.4 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 9.6 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 9.4 pts (21%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sound Shore… · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sound's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 9.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Sound's grants concentrate

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Sound sits between Smart Packaging Solutions and Standard Textile Co., Inc..

Sound's three-year grant acceleration

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Smart Packaging S…

15
Smartvue

15
Snyder Industries

15
Sonny's HFI Holdi…

15
Spectrum Bridge

15
Spectrum Dynamics…

15
Spriv

15
Standard Textile

15
Sound Shore Innov… ◀

15

What this shows Sound holds 15 patents at rank #19,179, 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 #19,179 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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)

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	13.3%
2017	2	13.3%
2018	1	6.7%
2021	2	13.3%
2022	3	20.0%
2023	1	6.7%
2024	3	20.0%
2025partial year	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 5

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 2

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 2

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 2

A45F - Travelling OR Camp EQUIPMENT: Sacks OR Packs Carried ON THE Body 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 7 of 7 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 Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C.'s lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #19,171 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C. against Smart Packaging Solutions, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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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