Patent Theme
Noise Reduction & Acoustic Control
Methods and devices for actively managing the acoustic environment by identifying, mitigating, or masking unwanted sounds (noise) and shaping desired soundscapes.
6,561 US filings from 1,332 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,769 · 2024: 2,062 · 2025: 1,884 · 2026 YTD: 846
Stereophonic Audio
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD. | 210 | 66 | 60 | 60 | 24 | 0.0% |
| 2 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 163 | 40 | 56 | 53 | 14 | -5.4% |
| 3 | Bose Corporation | 158 | 52 | 39 | 48 | 19 | +23.1% |
| 4 | Hyundai Motor Company | 147 | 45 | 42 | 45 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 5 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 136 | 25 | 47 | 44 | 20 | -6.4% |
| 6 | Apple Inc. | 135 | 31 | 48 | 40 | 16 | -16.7% |
| 7 | Kia Corporation | 134 | 33 | 41 | 45 | 15 | +9.8% |
| 8 | HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED | 127 | 29 | 37 | 47 | 14 | +27.0% |
| 9 | GOOGLE LLC | 102 | 27 | 45 | 25 | 5 | -44.4% |
| 10 | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 95 | 17 | 30 | 33 | 15 | +10.0% |
| 11 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 87 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 12 | YAMAHA CORPORATION | 79 | 22 | 30 | 19 | 8 | -36.7% |
| 13 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. | 76 | 23 | 26 | 18 | 9 | -30.8% |
| 14 | DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION | 75 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 8 | -12.0% |
| 15 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 70 | 11 | 24 | 28 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 16 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 69 | 15 | 20 | 23 | 11 | +15.0% |
| 17 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 65 | 13 | 24 | 20 | 8 | -16.7% |
| 18 | Sonos, Inc. | 63 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 4 | -18.2% |
| 19 | TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 58 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 6 | -47.6% |
| 20 | GOERTEK INC. | 57 | 9 | 28 | 15 | 5 | -46.4% |
| 21 | HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD. | 57 | 16 | 9 | 24 | 8 | +166.7% |
| 22 | Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. | 54 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 15 | +33.3% |
| 23 | International Business Machines Corporation | 51 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 3 | -21.4% |
| 24 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC | 51 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 12 | +30.8% |
| 25 | Starkey Laboratories, Inc. | 50 | 8 | 16 | 19 | 7 | +18.8% |