Where does Spotify AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Spotify AB ranks #728 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 Spotify AB hold?

Spotify AB holds 626 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Spotify AB's Innovation Score?

Spotify AB has an Innovation Score of 63.0 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Spotify AB focus on?

Spotify AB's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 436 patents. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is Spotify AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Spotify AB's recent grant velocity is +112% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Spotify AB's patents?

Spotify AB's patents average 18.1 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 Spotify AB 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

Spotify AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 626 granted patents across 38 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Spotify ranks #728 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 626 patents across 38 technology areas.

#728
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.0/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +112%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R728 · Foreign Corporation #728 · 626 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 626 grants
TOP-DECILE #728/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Inventec (PUDONG)…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 38 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +112% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Inventec (PUDONG) Technology Corporation (±3 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
Chengdu University… · near

63
E Ink Holdings · near

63
Hayward Industries · near

63
Smith & Nephew · near

63
Spotify AB · this assignee

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Spotify's Innovation Score is 63.0/100 (top 2% 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 Spotify's grants concentrate

Spotify AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 69.6% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (88 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2015. By volume, Spotify sits between Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. and King Saud University.

Spotify's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Spotify AB moved from 204 to 247 grants (1.21x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #769. See the growth leaderboard.

Maxim Integrated…

630
Nestec

630
Inventec (Pudong)…

629
Lennox Industries

629
Spotify AB ◀

626
Inventio

623
Siemens Medical S…

623
Helen OF Troy

622
King Saud Univers…

622

What this shows Spotify holds 626 patents at rank #728, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Spotify

By rank, the assignees closest to #728 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Spotify, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

E Ink Holdings Inc. 63 Smith & Nephew PLC 63 Hayward Industries, Inc. 63 Chengdu University OF Technology 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Johnson Controls Technology Company 18.1 avg Intelligrated Headquarters, LLC 18.1 avg Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Inc. 18.1 avg Microfabrica Inc. 18.1 avg

Spotify's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Spotify AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	1.6%
2016	23	3.7%
2017	40	6.4%
2018	56	8.9%
2019	57	9.1%
2020	66	10.5%
2021	81	12.9%
2022	88	14.1%
2023	86	13.7%
2024	73	11.7%
2025partial year	46	7.3%

Which technologies does Spotify AB patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 436

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 216

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 198

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 114

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 87

G10H - Electrophonic Musical INSTRUMENTS; Instruments IN Which THE Tones ARE Generated BY Electromechanical Means OR Electronic Generators, OR IN Which THE Tones ARE Synthesised From A Data Store 78

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 67

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 65

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 61

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 24

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 20

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 18

H04M - Telephonic Communication 14

H04S - Stereophonic Systems 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 12

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#728

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.0 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

Spotify AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Spotify AB's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 69.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #728 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Spotify AB against Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.0/100 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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