Where does Contour Semiconductor, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Contour Semiconductor, Inc. ranks #45,860 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 Contour Semiconductor, Inc. hold?

Contour Semiconductor, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2015, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Contour Semiconductor, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.8 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Contour Semiconductor, Inc. focus on?

Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 3 patents, ranking #759 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s patents?

Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s patents average 13.2 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 Contour Semiconductor, 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

Contour Semiconductor, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2015. 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Contour ranks #45,860 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#45,860
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.8/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45860 · US Corporation #45,860 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,860/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Contactengine
CPC-NARROW H10D · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Contactengine Limited (±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 Contour’s 22.8 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 6.2 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Contour Semiconductor · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Contour's Innovation Score is 22.8/100 (11th percentile 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 Contour?

Each dot is one of Contour’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). Contour’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Contour's grants concentrate

Contour Semiconductor, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). By volume, Contour sits between Contactengine Limited and Coorstek Fluorochemicals, Inc..

Contactengine

5
Contec Medical Sy…

5
Context Biopharma

5
Conteyor Internat…

5
Coocon

5
Cookgas

5
Coolbitx

5
Coorstek Fluoroch…

5
Contour Semicondu… ◀

5

What this shows Contour holds 5 patents at rank #45,634, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Contour

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,634 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Contour's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 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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Contour Semiconductor, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	100.0%

Which technologies does Contour Semiconductor, Inc. patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 3

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 3

G11C - Static Stores 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Contour Semiconductor, Inc.'s lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #45,860 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Contour Semiconductor, Inc. against Contactengine Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.8/100 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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