Overall rank by patents
#20,447
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B60R (VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Southern ranks #20,447 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20447 · US Corporation #20,447 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Smartrac I.p. B.v. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Southern Audio Servi… · this assignee
41 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Southern Audio Services, Inc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #20,447 of 50,000; Innovation Score 41.1/100 sits in the top 34% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Smartrac I.p. B.v. (±0 grants).
Southern Audio Services, Inc has been granted 14 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Southern Audio Services, Inc at #20,447 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 12 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in B60R (VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). As a US Corporation, Southern Audio Services, Inc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Southern sits between Smartrac I.p. B.v. (14 patents, rank #20,393) and State Street Corporation (14 patents, rank #20,401) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 41.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 9 grants, compared with 4 in the 2015–2019 window, a +125% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Southern Audio Services, Inc's 15.9 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 12 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SMARTRAC I.P. B.V.
14 patents
SOCIETE DE COMMERCIALISATION DES PRODUITS DE LA RECHERCHE APPLIQUÉE SOCPRA SCIENCES ET GÉNIE S.E.C.
14 patents
SOODE NAGANO CO., LTD.
14 patents
SOTER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
14 patents
SPORT DIVERSIONS INC.
14 patents
STAR ALLY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
14 patents
STARLOGIK IP LLC
14 patents
STATE STREET CORPORATION
14 patents
SOUTHERN AUDIO SERVICES, INC
14 patents
What this shows Southern holds 14 patents at rank #20,397, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,397 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Southern's primary technology class.
Southern's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2016 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2021 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2023 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.1% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,447
of 50,000 tracked assignees
41.1 out of 100
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.