Where does Universal Electronics Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Universal Electronics Inc. ranks #1,015 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 Universal Electronics Inc. hold?

Universal Electronics Inc. holds 433 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Universal Electronics Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Universal Electronics Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.3 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 Universal Electronics Inc. focus on?

Universal Electronics Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 302 patents, ranking #89 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

Is Universal Electronics Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Universal Electronics Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Universal Electronics Inc.'s patents?

Universal Electronics Inc.'s patents average 13.5 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 Universal Electronics Inc. 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

Universal Electronics Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 433 granted patents across 49 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Universal ranks #1,015 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 433 patents across 49 technology areas.

#1,015
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.3/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1015 · US Corporation #1,015 · 433 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 433 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,015/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airbus Defence and…
CPC-WIDE H04N · 49 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airbus Defence and Space 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.

How Universal’s 63.3 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 21.0 pts (33%) Velocity 9.5 pts (15%) Breadth 24.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CenturyLink… · near

63
KCI Licensing · near

63
Stratasys · near

63
Universal · this assignee

63
Nuvoton Technology · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Universal's Innovation Score is 63.3/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Universal?

Each dot is one of Universal’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). Universal’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Universal's grants concentrate

Universal Electronics Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 69.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (63 grants) versus a trough of 22 in 2020. By volume, Universal sits between National Chiao Tung University and Magna Mirrors of America, Inc..

Universal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Universal Electronics Inc. moved from 97 to 138 grants (1.42x 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 #503. See the growth leaderboard.

National Chiao Tu…

434
Panduit

434
Resmed

434
Airbus Defence an…

433
Universal ◀

433
Toyo Tire

432
Beijing Zitiao Ne…

431
Lite-on (Guangzho…

431
Magna Mirrors of…

430

What this shows Universal holds 433 patents at rank #1,015, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Universal

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,015 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Universal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Universal ranks #89 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Nuvoton Technology Corporation 63 Stratasys Ltd. 63 KCI Licensing, Inc. 63 CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

King Slide Technology Co., Ltd. 13.5 avg S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd. 13.5 avg Ricoh Company, Ltd. 13.5 avg Chanel Parfums Beaute 13.5 avg

Universal'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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Universal Electronics Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	35	8.1%
2016	48	11.1%
2017	51	11.8%
2018	28	6.5%
2019	40	9.2%
2020	22	5.1%
2021	35	8.1%
2022	37	8.5%
2023	63	14.5%
2024	38	8.8%
2025partial year	36	8.3%

Which technologies does Universal Electronics Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 302

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 246

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 152

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 103

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 47

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 44

H04B - Transmission 33

H04M - Telephonic Communication 30

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 21

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 19

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 9

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 8

H03J - Tuning Resonant CIRCUITS; Selecting Resonant Circuits 8

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 8

H04H - Broadcast Communication 6

Top 15 of 49 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

Universal Electronics Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Universal Electronics Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 69.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #1,015 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Universal Electronics Inc. against National Chiao Tung University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.3/100 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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