Where does Compal Electronics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Compal Electronics, Inc. ranks #793 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 Compal Electronics, Inc. hold?

Compal Electronics, Inc. holds 580 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 104 technology areas.

What is Compal Electronics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Compal Electronics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.8 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 Compal Electronics, Inc. focus on?

Compal Electronics, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 270 patents. Grants appear in 104 CPC subclasses total.

Is Compal Electronics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Compal Electronics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +61% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Compal Electronics, Inc.'s patents?

Compal Electronics, Inc.'s patents average 11.3 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 Compal Electronics, 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

Compal Electronics, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 580 granted patents across 104 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, Compal ranks #793 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 580 patents across 104 technology areas.

#793
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.8/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: +61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R793 · Foreign Corporation #793 · 580 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 580 grants
TOP-DECILE #793/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Coloplast A/S
CPC-WIDE G06F · 104 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Coloplast A/S (±1 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eaton · near

58
HCL · near

58
Solvay Specialty… · near

58
Compal · this assignee

58
IHI · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Compal's Innovation Score is 57.8/100 (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.

How Compal's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Compal Electronics, Inc. received 347 grants versus 215 in 2015–2019 (+61% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 106 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 27. Lead class G06F accounts for 46.6% of the portfolio across 104 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Analog Devices International Unlimited Company (#789) and Starkey Laboratories, Inc. (#797).

Compal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Compal Electronics, Inc. moved from 260 to 156 grants (0.60x 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 #2,450. See the growth leaderboard.

Analog Devices In…

582
irobot

582
Coloplast A/S

581
University of Cen…

581
Compal ◀

580
Rohr

579
The Government of…

579
Evonik Operations

578
Starkey Laborator…

577

What this shows Compal holds 580 patents at rank #793, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Compal

By rank, the assignees closest to #793 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Compal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Eaton Corporation 58 IHI Corporation 58 Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.P.A. 58 HCL Technologies Limited 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Mitutoyo Corporation 11.3 avg Fujitsu Limited 11.3 avg Aptar France SAS 11.3 avg Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. 11.3 avg

Compal'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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Compal Electronics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	7.4%
2016	39	6.7%
2017	27	4.7%
2018	37	6.4%
2019	69	11.9%
2020	85	14.7%
2021	106	18.3%
2022	61	10.5%
2023	40	6.9%
2024	55	9.5%
2025partial year	18	3.1%

Which technologies does Compal Electronics, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 270

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 64

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 39

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 38

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 29

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 28

H04M - Telephonic Communication 24

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 21

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 20

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 20

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 18

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 17

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 17

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 17

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 13

Top 15 of 104 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#793

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Compal Electronics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Compal Electronics, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 46.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #793 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Compal Electronics, Inc. against Analog Devices International Unlimited Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.8/100 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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