Where does Asml Netherlands B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Asml Netherlands B.V. ranks #143 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 Asml Netherlands B.V. hold?

Asml Netherlands B.V. holds 2,645 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 130 technology areas.

What is Asml Netherlands B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Asml Netherlands B.V. has an Innovation Score of 69.1 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 Asml Netherlands B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Asml Netherlands B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +2% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Asml Netherlands B.V.'s patents?

Asml Netherlands B.V.'s patents average 19.5 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 Asml Netherlands 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

Asml Netherlands B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Asml Netherlands B.V. focus on?

Asml Netherlands B.V.'s top technology area is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;) with 2,290 patents, ranking #1 of 595 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 130 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,645 granted patents across 130 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: G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Asml ranks #143 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,645 patents across 130 technology areas.

#143
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.1/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +2%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R143 · Foreign Corporation #143 · 2,645 grants

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

GRANTS-LARGE 2.6K grants
TOP-DECILE #143/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Airbus Operations
CPC-WIDE G03F · 130 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +2% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Airbus Operations Limited (±2 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 Asml’s 69.1 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 27.2 pts (39%) Velocity 5.1 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tencent Technology… · near

69
Toppan · near

69
Asml Netherlands B V · this assignee

69
eBay · near

69
King Fahd University… · near

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Asml's Innovation Score is 69.1/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Asml?

Each dot is one of Asml’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). Asml’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Asml's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Asml Netherlands B.V. received 1,238 grants versus 1,217 in 2015–2019 (+2% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 298 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 194. Lead class G03F accounts for 86.6% of the portfolio across 130 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Audi AG (#139) and Paypal, Inc. (#147).

Asml's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Asml Netherlands B.V. moved from 867 to 668 grants (0.77x 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 #1,932. See the growth leaderboard.

Audi

2,738
CNH Industrial Am…

2,690
NXP USA

2,671
Fuji Electric

2,654
Asml Netherlands… ◀

2,645
Airbus Operations

2,643
Kioxia

2,641
Arm

2,613
Paypal

2,609

What this shows Asml holds 2,645 patents at rank #143, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Asml

By rank, the assignees closest to #143 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Asml, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces), Asml ranks #1 of 595 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

eBay Inc. 69 King Fahd University OF Petroleum AND Minerals 69 Tencent Technology (SHENZHEN) Company Limited 69 Toppan Inc. 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

Juniper Networks, Inc. 19.5 avg Adobe Systems Incorporated 19.5 avg Equinix, Inc. 19.5 avg People.ai, Inc. 19.5 avg

Asml's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 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

Asml Netherlands B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	230	8.7%
2016	231	8.7%
2017	239	9.0%
2018	220	8.3%
2019	297	11.2%
2020	298	11.3%
2021	272	10.3%
2022	237	9.0%
2023	237	9.0%
2024	194	7.3%
2025partial year	190	7.2%

Which technologies does Asml Netherlands B.V. patent most?

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2,290

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 313

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 309

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 246

H05G - X-ray Technique 233

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 225

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 209

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 195

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 85

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 82

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 82

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 74

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 66

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 61

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 59

Top 15 of 130 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

Asml Netherlands B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Asml Netherlands B.V.'s lead technology class is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;), 86.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03F
Ranked #143 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Asml Netherlands B.V. against Audi AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.1/100 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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