Where does Soundbite Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Soundbite Communications, Inc. ranks #37,638 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 Soundbite Communications, Inc. hold?

Soundbite Communications, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Soundbite Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.9 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Soundbite Communications, Inc. focus on?

Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04M (Telephonic Communication) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s patents?

Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s patents average 12.7 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 Soundbite Communications, Inc. 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

Soundbite Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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, Soundbite ranks #37,638 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#37,638
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.9/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37638 · US Corporation #37,638 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,638/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Solugen
CPC-NARROW H04M · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Solugen, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Soundbite Communicat… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soundbite's Innovation Score is 21.9/100 (9th percentile 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 Soundbite's grants concentrate

Soundbite Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04M (Telephonic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Soundbite sits between Solugen, Inc. and Sovema Group S.P.A..

Solugen

7
Solvay Acetow

7
Somnetics Interna…

7
Soteria Industries

7
South China Botan…

7
Southern Medical…

7
Southern Plant Gr…

7
Sovema Group S P A

7
Soundbite Communi… ◀

7

What this shows Soundbite holds 7 patents at rank #37,458, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Soundbite

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,458 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04M (Telephonic Communication)

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

Soundbite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Soundbite Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	71.4%
2016	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Soundbite Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04M - Telephonic Communication 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#37,638

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

21.9 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

Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Soundbite Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04M (Telephonic Communication), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04M
Ranked #37,638 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Soundbite Communications, Inc. against Solugen, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.