Where does Fairchild Imaging, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fairchild Imaging, Inc. ranks #35,277 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 Fairchild Imaging, Inc. hold?

Fairchild Imaging, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2025 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Fairchild Imaging, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 23.2 out of 100 (12th 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 Fairchild Imaging, Inc. focus on?

Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Fairchild Imaging, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s patents?

Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Fairchild Imaging, 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

Fairchild Imaging, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2025–2025. 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fairchild ranks #35,277 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#35,277
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.2/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35277 · US Corporation #35,277 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,277/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fabdesigns
CPC-NARROW H04N · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2025–2025 · 1y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fabdesigns, 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
Fairchild Imaging · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fairchild's Innovation Score is 23.2/100 (12th 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.

Where Fairchild's grants concentrate

Fairchild Imaging, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 85.7% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). By volume, Fairchild sits between Fabdesigns, Inc. and FAN FI International, Inc..

Fabdesigns

7
Facet Labs

7
Facet-link

7
Fackelmann Housew…

7
Fairway

7
Falkor SID

7
Famidoc Technology

7
FAN FI Internatio…

7
Fairchild Imaging ◀

7

What this shows Fairchild holds 7 patents at rank #35,270, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fairchild

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,270 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Fairchild's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% 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 2025–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fairchild Imaging, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2025partial year	7	100.0%

Which technologies does Fairchild Imaging, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 6

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#35,277

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

23.2 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

Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fairchild Imaging, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 85.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #35,277 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fairchild Imaging, Inc. against Fabdesigns, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.2/100 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

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.