Patent Theme
Voice & Audio Quality Enhancement
Techniques for improving the perceived quality, synchronization, and moderation of audio and voice streams, often involving codec management, transcoding, and content analysis.
4,825 US filings from 882 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,362 · 2024: 1,551 · 2025: 1,405 · 2026 YTD: 507
Streaming & Real-Time Media
Top companies
Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.
| # | Company | Since 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 YTD | YoY |
|---|
| 1 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 303 | 89 | 123 | 74 | 17 | -39.8% |
| 2 | GOOGLE LLC | 233 | 64 | 91 | 56 | 22 | -38.5% |
| 3 | Dolby International AB | 218 | 69 | 62 | 73 | 14 | +17.7% |
| 4 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 168 | 46 | 56 | 51 | 15 | -8.9% |
| 5 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 134 | 32 | 53 | 34 | 15 | -35.8% |
| 6 | DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION | 123 | 25 | 44 | 45 | 9 | +2.3% |
| 7 | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | 101 | 45 | 31 | 24 | 1 | -22.6% |
| 8 | Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) | 97 | 26 | 34 | 28 | 9 | -17.6% |
| 9 | Amazon Technologies, Inc. | 93 | 18 | 30 | 35 | 10 | +16.7% |
| 10 | International Business Machines Corporation | 91 | 32 | 37 | 18 | 4 | -51.4% |
| 11 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 79 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 15 | -4.5% |
| 12 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | 70 | 21 | 33 | 14 | 2 | -57.6% |
| 13 | Rovi Guides, Inc. | 69 | 36 | 33 | · | · | — |
| 14 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 68 | 14 | 27 | 17 | 10 | -37.0% |
| 15 | Sonos, Inc. | 65 | 22 | 16 | 23 | 4 | +43.8% |
| 16 | Cisco Technology, Inc. | 64 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 7 | +25.0% |
| 17 | Comcast Cable Communications, LLC | 54 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 6 | -31.8% |
| 18 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 52 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 4 | -44.4% |
| 19 | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | 51 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | -25.0% |
| 20 | Apple Inc. | 48 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 3 | +46.2% |
| 21 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 44 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 5 | -50.0% |
| 22 | Adeia Guides Inc. | 43 | · | 2 | 32 | 9 | +1500.0% |
| 23 | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 36 | · | 7 | 18 | 11 | +157.1% |
| 24 | Zoom Communications, Inc. | 36 | · | · | 23 | 13 | — |
| 25 | Bose Corporation | 33 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | +33.3% |