Where does Amkor Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Amkor Technology, Inc. ranks #1,327 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 Amkor Technology, Inc. hold?

Amkor Technology, Inc. holds 319 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Amkor Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Amkor Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.5 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Amkor Technology, Inc. focus on?

Amkor Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 314 patents. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Amkor Technology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Amkor Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 Amkor Technology, Inc.'s patents?

Amkor Technology, Inc.'s patents average 19.3 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 Amkor Technology, 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

Amkor Technology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 319 granted patents across 32 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Amkor ranks #1,327 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 319 patents across 32 technology areas.

#1,327
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.5/100): 19.3
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1327 · US Corporation #1,327 · 319 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 319 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,327/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Itron
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Itron, 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
Institute OF… · near

52
US Conec · near

52
Amkor Technology · this assignee

52
T Stamp · near

52
Sensors Incorporated · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Amkor's Innovation Score is 51.5/100 (top 11% 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 Amkor's grants concentrate

Amkor Technology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 98.4% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (61 grants) versus a trough of 36 in 2020. By volume, Amkor sits between Converse Inc. and THE Chemours Company FC, LLC.

Converse

320
Southeast Univers…

320
Sumco

320
Sandia

320
Itron

319
Kiekert

319
R J Reynolds Toba…

319
THE Chemours FC

319
Amkor Technology ◀

319

What this shows Amkor holds 319 patents at rank #1,327, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Amkor

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,327 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

T Stamp Inc. 52 Institute OF Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan 52 US Conec Ltd. 52 Sensors Incorporated 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.3 here).

Verizon Media Inc. 19.3 avg Carbon, Inc. 19.3 avg BAIDU.COM Times Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. 19.3 avg Automation Anywhere, Inc. 19.3 avg

Amkor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Amkor Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	56	17.6%
2016	51	16.0%
2017	56	17.6%
2018	61	19.1%
2019	59	18.5%
2020	36	11.3%

Which technologies does Amkor Technology, Inc. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 314

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 18

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 15

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 14

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 11

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 9

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 4

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 4

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,327

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

51.5 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

Amkor Technology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Amkor Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 98.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #1,327 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Amkor Technology, Inc. against Converse Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.5/100 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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