Where does ASM IP Holding B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ASM IP Holding B.V. ranks #401 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 IP Holding B.V. hold?

ASM IP Holding B.V. holds 1,116 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 96 technology areas.

What is ASM IP Holding B.V.'s Innovation Score?

ASM IP Holding B.V. 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 ASM IP Holding B.V. focus on?

ASM IP Holding B.V.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 804 patents, ranking #32 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 96 CPC subclasses total.

Is ASM IP Holding B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ASM IP Holding B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +86% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ASM IP Holding B.V.'s patents?

ASM IP Holding B.V.'s patents average 17.0 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 IP Holding B.V. 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 Foreign Corporation

ASM IP Holding B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,116 granted patents across 96 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ASM ranks #401 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,116 patents across 96 technology areas.

#401
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.8/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R401 · Foreign Corporation #401 · 1,116 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #401/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shenzhen China Star…
CPC-WIDE H01L · 96 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd. (±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
ASM IP Holding B V · this assignee

68
PsiQuantum · near

68
Transportation IP… · near

68
Wonderland Switzerland · near

68
Gyrus Acmi · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ASM'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 ASM's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, ASM IP Holding B.V. received 637 grants versus 343 in 2015–2019 (+86% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 158 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 45. Lead class H01L accounts for 72% of the portfolio across 96 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Cree, Inc. (#397) and Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited (#405).

ASM's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, ASM IP Holding B.V. moved from 331 to 415 grants (1.25x 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 #699. See the growth leaderboard.

Cree

1,127
Cornell University

1,126
BSH Hausgeräte

1,122
Regeneron Pharmac…

1,117
Shenzhen China St…

1,116
ASM IP Holding B V ◀

1,116
Marvell Asia PTE

1,108
Synaptics Incorpo…

1,107
Japan Aviation In…

1,104

What this shows ASM holds 1,116 patents at rank #401, 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 #401 in granted patent volume.

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

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 H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), ASM ranks #32 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

PsiQuantum Corp. 68 Transportation IP Holdings, LLC 68 Wonderland Switzerland AG 68 Gyrus Acmi, Inc. 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

The Charles Machine Works, Inc. 17.0 avg Danmarks Tekniske Universitet 17.0 avg Ambu A/S 17.0 avg Convatec Technologies Inc. 17.0 avg

ASM'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.

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ASM IP Holding B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	45	4.0%
2016	58	5.2%
2017	71	6.4%
2018	60	5.4%
2019	109	9.8%
2020	130	11.6%
2021	92	8.2%
2022	116	10.4%
2023	141	12.6%
2024	158	14.2%
2025partial year	136	12.2%

Which technologies does ASM IP Holding B.V. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 804

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 688

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 212

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 149

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 43

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 38

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 25

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 22

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 22

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 21

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 17

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 16

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 15

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 13

Top 15 of 96 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#401

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

ASM IP Holding B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ASM IP Holding B.V.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 72% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #401 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ASM IP Holding B.V. against Cree, Inc., 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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