Where does Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. ranks #1,864 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 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. hold?

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. holds 215 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 57.7 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. focus on?

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 83 patents, ranking #634 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

Is Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +288% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.7 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 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. 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

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 215 granted patents across 56 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Chicony ranks #1,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 215 patents across 56 technology areas.

#1,864
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.7/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +288%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1864 · Foreign Corporation #1,864 · 215 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 215 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,864/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GE-Hitachi Nuclear…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +288% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC (±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 Chicony’s 57.7 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 18.6 pts (32%) Velocity 5.9 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chicony · this assignee

58
General Electric… · near

58
Omega · near

58
Panasonic Energy · near

58
The Raymond · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Chicony's Innovation Score is 57.7/100 (top 5% 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 Chicony?

Each dot is one of Chicony’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). Chicony’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Chicony's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. received 159 grants versus 41 in 2015–2019 (+288% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 45 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 6. Lead class G06F accounts for 38.6% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. (#1,860) and Ticona LLC (#1,868).

Chicony's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. moved from 90 to 79 grants (0.88x 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 #1,561. See the growth leaderboard.

Zhejiang Dahua Te…

217
AT&S Austria & Sy…

216
Egalax_empia Tech…

216
Pantech

216
Ge-hitachi Nuclea…

215
Hulu

215
Saab AB

215
Ticona

215
Chicony ◀

215

What this shows Chicony holds 215 patents at rank #1,864, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chicony

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Chicony, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Chicony ranks #634 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

The Raymond Corporation 58 Omega SA 58 General Electric Technology GMBH 58 Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.7 here).

Embraer S.A. 13.7 avg Fasteners for Retail, Inc. 13.7 avg King Slide Works Co., Ltd. 13.7 avg SHL Group AB 13.7 avg

Chicony's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	3.7%
2016	6	2.8%
2017	7	3.3%
2018	10	4.7%
2019	10	4.7%
2020	35	16.3%
2021	45	20.9%
2022	37	17.2%
2023	24	11.2%
2024	18	8.4%
2025partial year	15	7.0%

Which technologies does Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 83

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 73

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 25

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 22

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 16

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 15

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 10

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 8

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 6

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 6

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 6

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 5

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 5

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H04M - Telephonic Communication 4

Top 15 of 56 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

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 38.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #1,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. against Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.7/100 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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