Where does Chroma ATE Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Chroma ATE Inc. ranks #3,322 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 Chroma ATE Inc. hold?

Chroma ATE Inc. holds 112 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 45 technology areas.

What is Chroma ATE Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Chroma ATE Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.2 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Chroma ATE Inc. focus on?

Chroma ATE Inc.'s top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 71 patents, ranking #85 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 45 CPC subclasses total.

Is Chroma ATE Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Chroma ATE Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +70% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Chroma ATE Inc.'s patents?

Chroma ATE Inc.'s patents average 9.9 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 Chroma ATE 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 Foreign Corporation

Chroma ATE Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 112 granted patents across 45 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Chroma ranks #3,322 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 112 patents across 45 technology areas.

#3,322
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.2/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3322 · Foreign Corporation #3,322 · 112 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 112 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,322/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aviat U S
CPC-WIDE G01R · 45 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aviat U.S., 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 Chroma’s 53.2 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 16.3 pts (31%) Velocity 7.2 pts (14%) Breadth 23.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre Hospitalier… · near

53
Chroma ATE · this assignee

53
Hendrickson USA L L C · near

53
STMicroelectronics… · near

53
The Sherwin-Williams · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Chroma's Innovation Score is 53.2/100 (top 9% 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 Chroma?

Each dot is one of Chroma’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). Chroma’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Chroma's grants concentrate

Chroma ATE Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 45 CPC subclasses with 63.4% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Chroma sits between Xiamen Lota International Co., Ltd. and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Chroma's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Chroma ATE Inc. moved from 36 to 39 grants (1.08x 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 #992. See the growth leaderboard.

Xiamen Lota Inter…

113
Yulong Computer T…

113
Aviat U S

112
China Unionpay

112
Cambridge Display…

112
Chr Hansen A/S

112
EOS Electro Optic…

112
Fred Hutchinson C…

112
Chroma ATE ◀

112

What this shows Chroma holds 112 patents at rank #3,320, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chroma

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,320 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Chroma, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01R (Measuring Electric Variables), Chroma ranks #85 of 3,424 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest 53 STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd. 53 Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. 53 The Sherwin-Williams Company 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.9 here).

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 9.9 avg Dongguan University of Technology 9.9 avg Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency 9.9 avg Shijiazhuang Chengzhi Yonghua Display Material Co., Ltd. 9.9 avg

Chroma's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Chroma ATE Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	1.8%
2016	11	9.8%
2017	9	8.0%
2018	3	2.7%
2019	12	10.7%
2020	11	9.8%
2021	13	11.6%
2022	6	5.4%
2023	15	13.4%
2024	18	16.1%
2025partial year	12	10.7%

Which technologies does Chroma ATE Inc. patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 71

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

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 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 5

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 3

Top 15 of 45 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

Chroma ATE Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Chroma ATE Inc.'s lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 63.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #3,322 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Chroma ATE Inc. against Xiamen Lota International Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.2/100 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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