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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Alta Devices, Inc. ranks #5,260 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 Alta Devices, Inc. hold?

Alta Devices, Inc. holds 65 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Alta Devices, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Alta Devices, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.3 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Alta Devices, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Alta Devices, Inc.'s patents?

Alta Devices, Inc.'s patents average 18.4 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 Alta 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

Alta Devices, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Alta Devices, Inc. focus on?

Alta Devices, Inc.'s top technology area is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation) with 38 patents, ranking #70 of 1,370 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 65 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Alta ranks #5,260 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 65 patents across 20 technology areas.

#5,260
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.3/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5260 · US Corporation #5,260 · 65 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 65 grants
UPPER-Q #5,260/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anthony
CPC-FOCUS H10F · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anthony, 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
Avnera · near

41
Alta Devices · this assignee

41
Inergy Automotive… · near

41
KHS Corpoplast · near

41
Senomyx · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Alta's Innovation Score is 41.3/100 (top 33% 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.

Where Alta's grants concentrate

Alta Devices, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 58.5% of grants classified under H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (23 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Alta sits between Urschel Laboratories, Inc. and Bystronic Laser AG.

Urschel Laborator…

66
Xiamen Hithium En…

66
Xidian University

66
ZT Group Int'l

66
AZ Materials (Lux…

65
Anthony

65
Buerkert Werke

65
Bystronic Laser

65
Alta Devices ◀

65

What this shows Alta holds 65 patents at rank #5,260, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Alta

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,260 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Alta, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…), Alta ranks #70 of 1,370 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

KHS Corpoplast GMBH 41 Inergy Automotive Systems Research (Societe Anonyme) 41 Senomyx, Inc. 41 Avnera Corporation 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.4 here).

Sierra Wireless, Inc. 18.4 avg Air Distribution Technologies IP, LLC 18.4 avg Fair Isaac Corporation 18.4 avg Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC 18.4 avg

Alta's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Alta Devices, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	35.4%
2016	5	7.7%
2017	11	16.9%
2018	8	12.3%
2019	7	10.8%
2020	9	13.8%
2021	2	3.1%

Which technologies does Alta Devices, Inc. patent most?

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 38

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 37

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 23

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 12

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 12

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 7

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

C22C - Alloys 2

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 2

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 2

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,260

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

41.3 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

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

Alta Devices, Inc.'s lead technology class is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation), 58.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10F
Ranked #5,260 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Alta Devices, Inc. against Urschel Laboratories, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.3/100 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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