Patent Theme
XR/Virtual Environment Audio
Systems and methods for integrating and managing spatial audio within extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR), or augmented reality (AR) environments, often involving dynamic audio source positioning, streaming, and synchronization with visual elements.
12,645 US filings from 1,731 companies since 2023 · 2023: 3,030 · 2024: 4,129 · 2025: 3,926 · 2026 YTD: 1,560
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 | Apple Inc. | 817 | 145 | 284 | 279 | 109 | -1.8% |
| 2 | Snap Inc. | 664 | 126 | 213 | 223 | 102 | +4.7% |
| 3 | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC | 523 | 157 | 190 | 125 | 51 | -34.2% |
| 4 | Magic Leap, Inc. | 428 | 145 | 151 | 114 | 18 | -24.5% |
| 5 | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 363 | 61 | 104 | 135 | 63 | +29.8% |
| 6 | Sonos, Inc. | 342 | 75 | 117 | 111 | 39 | -5.1% |
| 7 | International Business Machines Corporation | 237 | 44 | 81 | 80 | 32 | -1.2% |
| 8 | QUALCOMM Incorporated | 223 | 34 | 77 | 67 | 45 | -13.0% |
| 9 | Nokia Technologies Oy | 218 | 63 | 69 | 65 | 21 | -5.8% |
| 10 | SONY GROUP CORPORATION | 211 | 40 | 76 | 66 | 29 | -13.2% |
| 11 | GOOGLE LLC | 209 | 49 | 50 | 60 | 50 | +20.0% |
| 12 | Adeia Guides Inc. | 200 | · | 27 | 120 | 53 | +344.4% |
| 13 | TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED | 180 | 43 | 58 | 57 | 22 | -1.7% |
| 14 | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. | 168 | 6 | 51 | 71 | 40 | +39.2% |
| 15 | DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION | 163 | 25 | 58 | 63 | 17 | +8.6% |
| 16 | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | 163 | 36 | 60 | 51 | 16 | -15.0% |
| 17 | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. | 135 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 18 | 0.0% |
| 18 | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. | 121 | 56 | 36 | 27 | 2 | -25.0% |
| 19 | Rovi Guides, Inc. | 119 | 38 | 77 | 4 | · | -94.8% |
| 20 | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | 115 | 34 | 37 | 29 | 15 | -21.6% |
| 21 | Bank of America Corporation | 111 | 17 | 48 | 38 | 8 | -20.8% |
| 22 | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. | 109 | 33 | 62 | 12 | 2 | -80.6% |
| 23 | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 109 | 22 | 41 | 33 | 13 | -19.5% |
| 24 | Dolby International AB | 103 | 16 | 40 | 38 | 9 | -5.0% |
| 25 | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA | 100 | 14 | 31 | 36 | 19 | +16.1% |