Where does SoundMed, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SoundMed, LLC ranks #18,135 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 SoundMed, LLC hold?

SoundMed, LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is SoundMed, LLC's Innovation Score?

SoundMed, LLC has an Innovation Score of 28.3 out of 100 (27th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SoundMed, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SoundMed, LLC's recent grant velocity is -77% 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 SoundMed, LLC's patents?

SoundMed, LLC's patents average 19.1 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 SoundMed, 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

SoundMed, LLC

Q: What technology areas does SoundMed, LLC focus on?

SoundMed, LLC's top technology area is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering) with 16 patents, ranking #119 of 1,250 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Soundmed ranks #18,135 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 4 technology areas.

#18,135
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 27th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.3/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18135 · US Corporation #18,135 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,135/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smith Micro Software
CPC-NARROW B33Y · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smith Micro Software, 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 Soundmed’s 28.3 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 9.8 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.1 pts (25%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SoundMed · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Soundmed's Innovation Score is 28.3/100 (27th 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 Soundmed?

Each dot is one of Soundmed’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). Soundmed’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Soundmed's grants concentrate

SoundMed, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Soundmed sits between Smith Micro Software, Inc. and Starfire Industries LLC.

Smith Micro Softw…

16
Smiths Medical In…

16
Socure

16
Soluble Group

16
Spark Thermionics

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Sportsfield Intel…

16
St Louis Medical…

16
Starfire Industri…

16
Soundmed ◀

16

What this shows SoundMed holds 16 patents at rank #18,146, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SoundMed

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,146 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B33Y (Additive Manufacturing)

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

Soundmed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 27th percentile higher than 27% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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SoundMed, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.3%
2017	5	31.3%
2018	3	18.8%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	2	12.5%
2021	1	6.3%

Which technologies does SoundMed, LLC patent most?

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 16

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 16

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 11

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 1

Top 4 of 4 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

SoundMed, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SoundMed, LLC's lead technology class is B33Y (Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective ), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B33Y
Ranked #18,135 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SoundMed, LLC against Smith Micro Software, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.3/100 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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