Where does Chirp Microsystems Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Chirp Microsystems Inc. ranks #15,900 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 Chirp Microsystems Inc. hold?

Chirp Microsystems Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2022, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Chirp Microsystems Inc. has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s patents?

Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s patents average 22.8 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 Chirp Microsystems 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

Chirp Microsystems Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Chirp Microsystems Inc. focus on?

Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 11 patents, ranking #508 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2022. 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Chirp ranks #15,900 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 15 technology areas.

#15,900
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 22.8
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15900 · US Corporation #15,900 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #15,900/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Celadon Systems
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Celadon Systems, 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 Chirp’s 38.0 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 13.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 13.7 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chirp Microsystems · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Chirp's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Chirp?

Each dot is one of Chirp’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). Chirp’s own 22.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Chirp's grants concentrate

Chirp Microsystems Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Chirp sits between Celadon Systems, Inc. and Circor Pumps North America, LLC.

Chirp's three-year grant acceleration

Chirp Microsystems Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Celadon Systems

18
Celine

18
Centralesupelec

18
Centre DE Recherc…

18
Chryso

18
Chung HUA Univers…

18
CIG Photonics Jap…

18
Circor Pumps Nort…

18
Chirp Microsystems ◀

18

What this shows Chirp holds 18 patents at rank #15,886, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chirp

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,886 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Chirp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Chirp Microsystems Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	11.1%
2020	9	50.0%
2021	6	33.3%
2022	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Chirp Microsystems Inc. patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 11

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 10

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 4

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 2

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Chirp Microsystems Inc.'s lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #15,900 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Chirp Microsystems Inc. against Celadon Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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

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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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