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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Analog Devices, Inc. ranks #380 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 Analog Devices, Inc. hold?

Analog Devices, Inc. holds 1,151 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 120 technology areas.

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

Analog Devices, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.8 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 Analog Devices, Inc. focus on?

Analog Devices, Inc.'s top technology area is H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General) with 168 patents. Grants appear in 120 CPC subclasses total.

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

Analog Devices, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Analog Devices, Inc.'s patents?

Analog Devices, Inc.'s patents average 21.2 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 Analog 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

Analog Devices, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,151 granted patents across 120 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: H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Analog ranks #380 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,151 patents across 120 technology areas.

#380
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.8/100): 21.2
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R380 · US Corporation #380 · 1,151 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 1.2K grants
TOP-DECILE #380/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The United States…
CPC-WIDE H03M · 120 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (±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
Wonderland Switzerland · near

68
Gyrus Acmi · near

68
Analog Devices · this assignee

68
The ADT Security · near

68
Seagate Technology · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Analog's Innovation Score is 67.8/100 (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 Analog's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Analog Devices, Inc. received 459 grants versus 634 in 2015–2019 (-28% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 145 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 79. Lead class H03M accounts for 14.6% of the portfolio across 120 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sprint Spectrum LLC (#376) and Jvckenwood Corporation (#384).

Analog's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Analog Devices, Inc. moved from 306 to 261 grants (0.85x 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 #1,654. See the growth leaderboard.

Sprint Spectrum

1,166
Dai Nippon Printi…

1,164
Disco

1,157
Borgwarner

1,156
The United States…

1,151
Analog Devices ◀

1,151
Cypress Semicondu…

1,149
Ciena

1,148
Jvckenwood

1,148

What this shows Analog holds 1,151 patents at rank #380, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Analog

By rank, the assignees closest to #380 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03M (Coding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

Gyrus Acmi, Inc. 68 The ADT Security Corporation 68 Seagate Technology LLC 68 Wonderland Switzerland AG 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.2 here).

BP Corporation North America Inc. 21.2 avg Leap Motion, Inc. 21.2 avg NKT Photonics A/S 21.2 avg H.C. Starck Inc. 21.3 avg

Analog's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 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.

View data table

Analog Devices, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	145	12.6%
2016	136	11.8%
2017	142	12.3%
2018	103	8.9%
2019	108	9.4%
2020	112	9.7%
2021	86	7.5%
2022	79	6.9%
2023	97	8.4%
2024	85	7.4%
2025partial year	58	5.0%

Which technologies does Analog Devices, Inc. patent most?

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 168

H03F - Amplifiers 151

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 129

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 125

H03K - Pulse Technique 124

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 106

H04B - Transmission 96

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 87

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 75

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 69

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 58

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 56

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 54

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 53

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 45

Top 15 of 120 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#380

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

67.8 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

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

Analog Devices, Inc.'s lead technology class is H03M (CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General), 14.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03M
Ranked #380 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Analog Devices, Inc. against Sprint Spectrum LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.8/100 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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