Where does USound GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), USound GmbH ranks #9,399 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 USound GmbH hold?

USound GmbH holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is USound GmbH's Innovation Score?

USound GmbH has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is USound GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

USound GmbH's recent grant velocity is +36% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for USound GmbH's patents?

USound GmbH's patents average 16.7 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 USound GmbH 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

USound GmbH

Q: What technology areas does USound GmbH focus on?

USound GmbH's top technology area is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems) with 34 patents, ranking #91 of 1,513 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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, Usound ranks #9,399 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 8 technology areas.

#9,399
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +36%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9399 · Foreign Corporation #9,399 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,399/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Trifo
CPC-NARROW H04R · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +36% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Trifo, Inc. (±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 Usound’s 36.5 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 12.3 pts (34%) Velocity 4.2 pts (12%) Breadth 10.0 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gyrus Medical · near

36
Tetra · near

36
USound · this assignee

36
Allnex Austria · near

36
Development Center… · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Usound's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 Usound?

Each dot is one of Usound’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). Usound’s own 16.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Usound's grants concentrate

USound GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% 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 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Usound sits between Trifo, Inc. and Veracode, Inc..

Usound's three-year grant acceleration

USound GmbH shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Trifo

34
UFI Filters S P A

34
Universal Robots…

34
UniversitÉ DE Bou…

34
Unanimous A I

34
Vektor Medical

34
VEO Robotics

34
Veracode

34
Usound ◀

34

What this shows USound holds 34 patents at rank #9,398, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near USound

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,398 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04R (Loudspeakers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for USound, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04R (Loudspeakers), USound ranks #91 of 1,513 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Gyrus Medical Limited 36 Tetra Co., Ltd. 36 Development Center for Biotechnology 36 Allnex Austria GMBH 36

Usound's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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USound GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	7	20.6%
2019	7	20.6%
2020	4	11.8%
2021	5	14.7%
2022	5	14.7%
2023	3	8.8%
2024	2	5.9%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does USound GmbH patent most?

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 34

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 11

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 4

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 3

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

Top 8 of 8 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

USound GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

USound GmbH's lead technology class is H04R (Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04R
Ranked #9,399 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare USound GmbH against Trifo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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