SoundHound Patents – Insights & Stats (Updated 2024)

SoundHound has a total of 344 patents globally, out of which 126 have been granted. Of these 344 patents, more than 78% patents are active. The United States of America is where SoundHound has filed the maximum number of patents, followed by China and Japan. Parallelly, United States of America seems to be the main focused R&D center and also is the origin country of SoundHound.

SoundHound was founded in 2005 by Keyvan Mohajer. Soundhound develops application software. The Company offers platform for music search and discovery solution that identifies songs, plays music and lyrics, and allows users to share music as well as entertainment content. Soundhound serves customers worldwide.

Do read about some of the most popular patents of SoundHound which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find SoundHound patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over SoundHound patent portfolio.

How many patents does SoundHound have?

SoundHound has a total of 344 patents globally. These patents belong to 133 unique patent families. Out of 344 patents, 269 patents are active.

How Many Patents did SoundHound File Every Year?

SoundHound Patent Filing Trend

Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.

Year of Patents Filing or GrantSoundHound Applications FiledSoundHound Patents Granted
202439
2023164
20223420
20216230
20204215
20196511
2018403
2017277
2016147
201566
201415

How many SoundHound patents are Alive/Dead?

Worldwide Patents

SoundHound Worldwide Legal Trends

How Many Patents did SoundHound File in Different Countries?

SoundHound Worldwide Patents

Countries in which SoundHound Filed Patents

CountryPatents
United States Of America214
China36
Japan35
Europe24
South Korea19
Hong Kong (S.A.R.)6
Germany3
Austria1
Canada1
France1

Where are Research Centers of SoundHound Patents Located?

SoundHound R&D Centers

10 Best SoundHound Patents

US8433431B1 is the most popular patent in the SoundHound portfolio. It has received 60 citations so far from companies like Google, Microsoft and Apple.

Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of SoundHound:

Publication NumberCitation Count
US8433431B160
US7788279B254
US10418032B139
US20160314794A134
US20180122372A133
US8452586B228
US8694537B226
US9564123B124
US20190108566A123
US20140019483A120

What Percentage of SoundHound US Patent Applications were Granted?

SoundHound (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 258 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 149 have been granted leading to a grant rate of (71.98%.

Below are the key stats of SoundHound patent prosecution at the USPTO.

Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for SoundHound?

Law FirmTotal ApplicationsSuccess Rate
Vierra Magen Marcus Llp8093.10%
Soundhound (Inhouse IP Dept)7759.03%
Platinum IP Llp3288.89%
Dana Legal Services Inc2454.17%
Stevens Law Group1566.67%
Dinsmore & Shohl Llp2100.00%
Eastman Kodak Company250.00%
Ndwe2100.00%
Aptiv1100.00%
Bachmann Law Group Pc10.00%

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What are SoundHound key innovation segments?

What Technologies are Covered by SoundHound?

The chart below distributes patents filed by SoundHound in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where SoundHound thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.

R&D Focus: How has SoundHound search focus changed over the years?

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Our comprehensive report provides an in-depth look into the patent portfolio. The report includes a breakdown of the patent portfolio across various technologies, listing the patent along with brief summaries of each patent's technology.