Where does Axcelis Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Axcelis Technologies, Inc. ranks #3,525 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 Axcelis Technologies, Inc. hold?

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. holds 104 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.4 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Axcelis Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 86 patents, ranking #31 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 18.7 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 Axcelis Technologies, 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

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 104 granted patents across 25 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Axcelis ranks #3,525 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 104 patents across 25 technology areas.

#3,525
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.4/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3525 · US Corporation #3,525 · 104 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 104 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,525/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ADC Telecommunications
CPC-FOCUS H01J · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (±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 Axcelis’s 48.4 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 16.1 pts (33%) Velocity 3.4 pts (7%) Breadth 17.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Axcelis · this assignee

48
Columbia Sportswear… · near

48
Intra-cellular… · near

48
Molecular Devices · near

48
The Stanley Works… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Axcelis's Innovation Score is 48.4/100 (top 17% 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 Axcelis?

Each dot is one of Axcelis’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). Axcelis’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Axcelis's grants concentrate

Axcelis Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 82.7% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (17 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Axcelis sits between Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd and Cymer, LLC.

Axcelis's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Axcelis Technologies, Inc. moved from 37 to 19 grants (0.51x 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 #2,656. See the growth leaderboard.

Zhejiang Orient G…

105
ADC Telecommunica…

104
Apparatus

104
Aptar Radolfzell

104
Benq

104
Comscore

104
Core Wireless Lic…

104
Cymer

104
Axcelis ◀

104

What this shows Axcelis holds 104 patents at rank #3,525, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Axcelis

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,525 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Axcelis, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), Axcelis ranks #31 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

The Stanley Works Israel Ltd. 48 Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc. 48 Intra-cellular Therapies, Inc. 48 Molecular Devices, LLC 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.7 here).

SAP Portals Israel Ltd 18.7 avg TracFone Wireless, Inc. 18.7 avg Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp. 18.7 avg Forcepoint LLC 18.7 avg

Axcelis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Axcelis Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	10.6%
2016	8	7.7%
2017	13	12.5%
2018	14	13.5%
2019	12	11.5%
2020	17	16.3%
2021	8	7.7%
2022	3	2.9%
2023	10	9.6%
2024	6	5.8%
2025partial year	2	1.9%

Which technologies does Axcelis Technologies, Inc. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 86

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 47

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 19

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 4

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 2

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Axcelis Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 82.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #3,525 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Axcelis Technologies, Inc. against Zhejiang Orient Gene Biotech Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.4/100 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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