Where does THX Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THX Ltd. ranks #20,535 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does THX Ltd. hold?

THX Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is THX Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

THX Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 38.8 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is THX Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THX Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -73% 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 THX Ltd.'s patents?

THX Ltd.'s patents average 26.4 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 THX Ltd. 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

THX Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does THX Ltd. focus on?

THX Ltd.'s top technology area is H04R (LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, THX ranks #20,535 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 13 technology areas.

#20,535
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.8/100): 26.4
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20535 · US Corporation #20,535 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,535/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH THE METAL WARE
CPC-FOCUS H04R · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: THE Metal WARE Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
THX · this assignee

39
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows THX's Innovation Score is 38.8/100 (top 40% 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 THX's grants concentrate

THX Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 42.9% 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 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, THX sits between THE Metal WARE Corporation and Tokyo University OF Science Educational Foundation Administrative Organization.

THE Metal WARE

14
THE Sweet Living…

14
Thomson Industries

14
Thornhill Scienti…

14
Tigers Polymer

14
Tohoku Electric P…

14
Tokyo Metropolita…

14
Tokyo University…

14
THX ◀

14

What this shows THX holds 14 patents at rank #20,505, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THX

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,505 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

THX's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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THX Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	14.3%
2016	5	35.7%
2017	1	7.1%
2018	1	7.1%
2019	2	14.3%
2020	1	7.1%
2021	1	7.1%
2022	1	7.1%

Which technologies does THX Ltd. patent most?

H04R - LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS 6

H03F - AMPLIFIERS 5

H02M - APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION BETWEEN AC AND AC, BETWEEN AC AND DC, OR BETWEEN DC AND DC, AND FOR USE WITH MAINS OR SIMILAR POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; CONVERSION OF DC OR AC INPUT POWER INTO SURGE OUTPUT POWER; CONTROL OR REGULATION THEREOF 3

H03G - CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION 2

H04S - STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS 2

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 1

G06K - GRAPHICAL DATA READING ; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS 1

G09G - ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION 1

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 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL 1

H03H - IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS 1

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 1

H02J - CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SYSTEMS FOR STORING ELECTRIC ENERGY 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#20,535

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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