Where does Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ranks #155 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 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. hold?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. holds 2,513 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 73.5 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. focus on?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 1,874 patents. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

Is Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +43% 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 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s patents?

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,513 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Advanced ranks #155 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,513 patents across 73 technology areas.

#155
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (73.5/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +43%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R155 · US Corporation #155 · 2,513 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.5K grants
TOP-DECILE #155/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH T-Mobile USA
CPC-WIDE G06F · 73 areas
INNOV-STRONG 73.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +43% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: T-Mobile USA, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bmic · near

73
Zhejiang University · near

73
Advanced Micro Devices · this assignee

73
Hitachi Energy… · near

73
Qualcomm · near

73
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Advanced's Innovation Score is 73.5/100 (top 1% 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.

How Advanced's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. received 1,323 grants versus 924 in 2015–2019 (+43% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 361 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 138. Lead class G06F accounts for 74.6% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Commscope Technologies LLC (#151) and ABB Schweiz AG (#159).

Advanced's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. moved from 630 to 906 grants (1.44x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #492. See the growth leaderboard.

Commscope

2,550
United Services A…

2,549
Schaeffler & KG

2,548
Nichia

2,544
T-mobile USA

2,513
Advanced Micro De… ◀

2,513
Raytheon

2,501
The Board of Rege…

2,495
ABB Schweiz

2,472

What this shows Advanced holds 2,513 patents at rank #155, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Advanced

By rank, the assignees closest to #155 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Advanced, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (73 here).

Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG 73 Qualcomm Technologies Inc. 73 Zhejiang University 73 Bmic LLC 73

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.7 here).

Intuit Inc. 19.7 avg Global Tel*Link Corporation 19.7 avg nLIGHT, Inc. 19.7 avg PerkinElmer Health Sciences, Inc. 19.7 avg

Advanced's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

73 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	200	8.0%
2016	216	8.6%
2017	138	5.5%
2018	157	6.2%
2019	213	8.5%
2020	213	8.5%
2021	204	8.1%
2022	240	9.6%
2023	305	12.1%
2024	361	14.4%
2025partial year	266	10.6%

Which technologies does Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1,874

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 439

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 340

G11C - Static Stores 237

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 175

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 174

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 101

H03K - Pulse Technique 101

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 99

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 58

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 50

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 49

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 45

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 35

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 24

Top 15 of 73 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#155

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

73.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 74.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #155 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. against Commscope Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 73.5/100 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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