Where does Credo Technology Group Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Credo Technology Group Limited ranks #4,553 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 Credo Technology Group Limited hold?

Credo Technology Group Limited holds 77 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Credo Technology Group Limited's Innovation Score?

Credo Technology Group Limited has an Innovation Score of 49.4 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Credo Technology Group Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Credo Technology Group Limited's recent grant velocity is +464% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Credo Technology Group Limited's patents?

Credo Technology Group Limited's patents average 17.9 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 Credo Technology Group Limited 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

Credo Technology Group Limited

Q: What technology areas does Credo Technology Group Limited focus on?

Credo Technology Group Limited's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 52 patents. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 77 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Credo ranks #4,553 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 77 patents across 26 technology areas.

#4,553
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.4/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: +464%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4553 · Foreign Corporation #4,553 · 77 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 77 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,553/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Camso
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +464% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Camso 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BGI Shenzhen · near

49
Credo Technology Group · this assignee

49
Saginomiya Seisakusho · near

49
Toyota Shatai · near

49
Wheel Pros · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Credo's Innovation Score is 49.4/100 (top 15% 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.

Where Credo's grants concentrate

Credo Technology Group Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 67.5% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Credo sits between Chep Technology Pty Limited and GAF Energy LLC.

Credo's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Credo Technology Group Limited moved from 37 to 31 grants (0.84x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Chep Technology P…

77
Crispr Therapeuti…

77
Camso

77
Cardiovascular Sy…

77
Dong-eui Universi…

77
Dril-quip

77
Emulate

77
GAF Energy

77
Credo Technology… ◀

77

What this shows Credo holds 77 patents at rank #4,554, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Credo

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,554 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Toyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha 49 Saginomiya Seisakusho, Inc. 49 BGI Shenzhen 49 Wheel Pros LLC 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.9 here).

Microvision, Inc. 17.9 avg JD.com American Technologies Corporation 17.9 avg Ericsson AB 17.9 avg Saint-gobain Performance Plastics Corporation 17.9 avg

Credo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Credo Technology Group Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	1.3%
2018	4	5.2%
2019	6	7.8%
2020	12	15.6%
2021	19	24.7%
2022	12	15.6%
2023	12	15.6%
2024	7	9.1%
2025partial year	4	5.2%

Which technologies does Credo Technology Group Limited patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 52

H04B - Transmission 21

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 6

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 6

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 5

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

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 5

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 5

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

H03K - Pulse Technique 4

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 4

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

Top 15 of 26 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#4,553

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.4 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

Credo Technology Group Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Credo Technology Group Limited's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 67.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #4,553 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Credo Technology Group Limited against Chep Technology Pty Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.4/100 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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