Where does Soundchip SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Soundchip SA ranks #27,473 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 Soundchip SA hold?

Soundchip SA holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Soundchip SA's Innovation Score?

Soundchip SA has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Soundchip SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Soundchip SA's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Soundchip SA's patents?

Soundchip SA's patents average 24.9 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 Soundchip SA 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

Soundchip SA

Q: What technology areas does Soundchip SA focus on?

Soundchip SA's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 9 patents, ranking #285 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Soundchip ranks #27,473 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 5 technology areas.

#27,473
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 24.9
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27473 · Foreign Corporation #27,473 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,473/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sony Dadc Austria
CPC-NARROW H04R · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sony Dadc Austria 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.

How Soundchip’s 31.1 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 8.3 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (25%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (48%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Soundchip · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soundchip's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Soundchip?

Each dot is one of Soundchip’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). Soundchip’s own 24.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Soundchip's grants concentrate

Soundchip SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 90% 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 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Soundchip sits between Sony Dadc Austria AG and Sphere 3D Inc..

Sony Dadc Austria

10
Sony Honda Mobili…

10
Soosan INT

10
Soprema

10
Sparkmotion

10
Spatialbuzz

10
Spex Sampleprep

10
Sphere 3D

10
Soundchip ◀

10

What this shows Soundchip holds 10 patents at rank #27,378, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Soundchip

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,378 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Soundchip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Soundchip SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2020	4	40.0%

Which technologies does Soundchip SA patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 9

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 4

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

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Soundchip SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Soundchip SA's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #27,473 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Soundchip SA against Sony Dadc Austria AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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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