USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Disco Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,157 granted patents across 118 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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1,157

Total patents granted

118

CPC technology areas

6.9

Avg claims per patent

+107%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Disco holds 1,157 US patents across 118 technology areas, rank #378 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#378
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.6/100): 6.9
avg claims per patent: +107%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Disco Corporation has been granted 1,157 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Disco Corporation at rank #378 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 118 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 6.9 claims per patent with primary concentration in H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10). As a Foreign Corporation, Disco Corporation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Disco sits between Volvo Truck Corporation (1,171 patents, rank #374) and Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (1,149 patents, rank #382) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 59.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 780 grants, compared with 377 in the 2015–2019 window, a +107% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Disco Corporation's 6.9 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Disco Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

Volvo Truck

1,171
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1,167
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1,166
Dai Nippon Printi…

1,164
Disco ◀

1,157
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1,156
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1,151
The United States…

1,151
Cypress Semicondu…

1,149

What this shows Disco holds 1,157 patents at rank #378, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Disco

By rank, the assignees closest to #378 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Disco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 50,000 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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Disco Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	52	4.5%
2016	63	5.4%
2017	80	6.9%
2018	88	7.6%
2019	94	8.1%
2020	138	11.9%
2021	167	14.4%
2022	140	12.1%
2023	120	10.4%
2024	108	9.3%
2025	107	9.2%

Which technologies does Disco Corporation patent most?

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 848

B23K - SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM 369

B24B - MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING ; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS 196

B28D - WORKING STONE OR STONE-LIKE MATERIALS 150

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 57

H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 53

H10H - INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS 51

G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES 47

B23Q - DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING ; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT 46

B26D - CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING 44

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 37

C30B - SINGLE-CRYSTAL GROWTH ; UNIDIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION OF EUTECTIC MATERIAL OR UNIDIRECTIONAL DEMIXING OF EUTECTOID MATERIAL; REFINING BY ZONE-MELTING OF MATERIAL ; PRODUCTION OF A HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WITH DEFINED STRUCTURE ; SINGLE CRYSTALS OR HOMOGENEOUS POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIAL WI 31

G01B - MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS 31

C09J - ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES 30

G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL 27

Top 15 of 118 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#378

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Disco Corporation hold?

Disco Corporation holds 1,157 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 118 technology areas.

What is Disco Corporation's Innovation Score?

Disco Corporation has an Innovation Score of 59.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Disco Corporation focus on?

Disco Corporation's top technology area is H01L (SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10) with 848 patents. The company has filed patents in 118 CPC subclasses total.

Is Disco Corporation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Disco Corporation's recent filing velocity is +107% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Disco Corporation's patents?

Disco Corporation's patents average 6.9 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Disco Corporation 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.

How to use this portfolio

Disco's 1,157 grants land it in the top 4% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Disco ranks #378 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in H01L - see who else leads that technology area. H01L leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.