Overall rank by patents
#20,503
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: G10L (SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Tencent ranks #20,503 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 10 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20503 · Foreign Corporation #20,503 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Telit Cinterion Deutschland Gmbh (±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
Tencent Music Entert… · this assignee
51 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Tencent's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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.
Tencent Music Entertainment Technology (shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under G10L (SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Tencent sits between Telit Cinterion Deutschland Gmbh and The BIG O, Llc.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Telit Cinterion Deutschland GmbH
14 patents
Tempus AI, Inc.
14 patents
Ten Cate Thiolon B.V.
14 patents
Tenax Energy Solution, LLC
14 patents
Teraoka Seiko Co., Ltd.
14 patents
Terex South Dakota, Inc.
14 patents
The AZEK Group LLC
14 patents
The BIG O, LLC
14 patents
Tencent Music Entertainment Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
14 patents
What this shows Tencent holds 14 patents at rank #20,528, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,528 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Tencent's primary technology class.
Tencent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2023 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2024 | 9 | 64.3% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 14.3% |
Top 10 of 10 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,503
of 50,000 tracked assignees
51.1 out of 100
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