Where does ASM America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ASM America, Inc. ranks #9,189 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 ASM America, Inc. hold?

ASM America, Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is ASM America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

ASM America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ASM America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ASM America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -90% 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 ASM America, Inc.'s patents?

ASM America, Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 ASM America, 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

ASM America, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does ASM America, Inc. focus on?

ASM America, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 22 patents, ranking #130 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 22 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: 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 Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ASM ranks #9,189 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 22 technology areas.

#9,189
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9189 · US Corporation #9,189 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,189/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Anhui University OF…
CPC-FOCUS C23C · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Anhui University OF Science AND Technology (±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.

How ASM’s 44.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.3 pts (28%) Velocity 4.0 pts (9%) Breadth 16.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ASM America · this assignee

44
Celestica Technology… · near

44
Encore Medical · near

44
Sichuan Kelun-biotec… · near

44
University OF… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ASM's Innovation Score is 44.5/100 (top 25% 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for ASM?

Each dot is one of ASM’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). ASM’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

ASM vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where ASM's grants concentrate

ASM America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 64.7% of grants classified under 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 Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, ASM sits between Anhui University OF Science AND Technology and Augmedics Ltd..

ASM's three-year grant acceleration

ASM America, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Anhui University…

34
Aqua Products

34
Arconic

34
Ardelyx

34
Aspeed Technology

34
Atom Medical

34
ATS Automation To…

34
Augmedics

34
ASM America ◀

34

What this shows ASM holds 34 patents at rank #9,183, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ASM

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,183 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ASM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C23C (Coating Metallic Material), ASM ranks #130 of 1,658 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Celestica Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd 44 Sichuan Kelun-biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 44 University OF Leicester 44 Encore Medical, LP 44

ASM's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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ASM America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	26.5%
2016	9	26.5%
2017	4	11.8%
2018	2	5.9%
2019	5	14.7%
2022	1	2.9%
2024	2	5.9%
2025partial year	2	5.9%

Which technologies does ASM America, Inc. patent most?

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 22

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 21

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 7

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 6

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 4

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C23G - Cleaning OR De-greasing OF Metallic Material BY Chemical Methods Other Than Electrolysis 2

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

ASM America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ASM America, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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 Evap), 64.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #9,189 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ASM America, Inc. against Anhui University OF Science AND Technology, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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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