Where does Analog Devices International Unlimited Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Analog Devices International Unlimited Company ranks #789 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 International Unlimited Company hold?

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company holds 582 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 94 technology areas.

What is Analog Devices International Unlimited Company's Innovation Score?

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company has an Innovation Score of 71.0 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%).

Is Analog Devices International Unlimited Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Analog Devices International Unlimited Company.

What does claim depth mean for Analog Devices International Unlimited Company's patents?

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company's patents average 20.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company

Q: What technology areas does Analog Devices International Unlimited Company focus on?

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 124 patents. Grants appear in 94 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Analog Devices International Unlimited Company 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 PatentsView assignee record - 582 granted patents across 94 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Analog ranks #789 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 582 patents across 94 technology areas.

#789
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.0/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R789 · Foreign Corporation #789 · 582 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 582 grants
TOP-DECILE #789/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH iRobot
CPC-WIDE G01R · 94 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: iRobot Corporation (±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
Stmicroelectronics… · near

71
Fraunhofer-Gesellsch… · near

71
Analog Devices… · this assignee

71
Dish Network L L C · near

71
Covidien · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Analog's Innovation Score is 71.0/100 (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

Grant history spans 2020–2025. Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 127 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 68. Lead class G01R accounts for 21.3% of the portfolio across 94 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Agilent Technologies, Inc. (#785) and Compal Electronics, Inc. (#793).

Analog's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Analog Devices International Unlimited Company moved from 186 to 329 grants (1.77x 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 #284. See the growth leaderboard.

Agilent

583
Bayer Cropscience…

583
Children's Medica…

583
Howmedica Osteoni…

583
irobot

582
Analog Devices In… ◀

582
Coloplast A/S

581
University of Cen…

581
Compal

580

What this shows Analog holds 582 patents at rank #789, 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 #789 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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 (71 here).

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. 71 Dish Network L.L.C. 71 Stmicroelectronics (GRAND OUEST) SAS 71 Covidien LP 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.3 here).

Symbotic LLC 20.3 avg Bentley Systems, Incorporated 20.3 avg Polaris Wireless, Inc. 20.3 avg Synventive Molding Solutions, Inc. 20.3 avg

Analog's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 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 · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Analog Devices International Unlimited Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	68	11.7%
2021	118	20.3%
2022	127	21.8%
2023	114	19.6%
2024	88	15.1%
2025partial year	67	11.5%

Which technologies does Analog Devices International Unlimited Company patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 124

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 90

H03F - Amplifiers 81

H04B - Transmission 67

H03K - Pulse Technique 64

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 60

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 55

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 48

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 43

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 35

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 35

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 32

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 29

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 28

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 24

Top 15 of 94 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#789

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

71.0 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 International Unlimited Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Analog Devices International Unlimited Company's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 21.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #789 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Analog Devices International Unlimited Company against Agilent Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.0/100 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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