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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. ranks #297 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 Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. hold?

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. holds 1,437 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 104 technology areas.

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

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 60.1 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 389 patents, ranking #61 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 104 CPC subclasses total.

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

Freeescale 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 Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s patents?

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Freeescale 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

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,437 granted patents across 104 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Freeescale ranks #297 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,437 patents across 104 technology areas.

#297
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.1/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R297 · US Corporation #297 · 1,437 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.4K grants
TOP-DECILE #297/49,997
NEAR-PEER JFE Steel
CPC-WIDE H01L · 104 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: JFE Steel Corporation (±6 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 Freeescale’s 60.1 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 25.1 pts (42%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Essity Hygiene AND… · near

60
Freeescale Semicondu… · this assignee

60
Scania CV AB · near

60
Brown University · near

60
Screen Holdings · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Freeescale's Innovation Score is 60.1/100 (top 3% 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 Freeescale?

Each dot is one of Freeescale’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). Freeescale’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Freeescale's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. received 0 grants versus 1,437 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 697 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 55. Lead class H01L accounts for 27.1% of the portfolio across 104 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (#293) and Tata Consultancy Services Limited (#301).

Hefei Xinsheng Op…

1,455
Toshiba Devices &…

1,454
Vivo Mobile Commu…

1,451
JFE Steel

1,443
Freeescale Semico… ◀

1,437
Jtekt

1,431
Advanced New

1,430
Adobe Systems Inc…

1,429
Tata Consultancy…

1,429

What this shows Freeescale holds 1,437 patents at rank #297, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Freeescale

By rank, the assignees closest to #297 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Freeescale, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Freeescale ranks #61 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Scania CV AB 60 Screen Holdings Co., Ltd. 60 Essity Hygiene AND Health Aktiebolag 60 Brown University 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Steelcase Inc. 16.7 avg Optum, Inc. 16.7 avg Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC 16.7 avg Acacia Communications, Inc. 16.7 avg

Freeescale's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	685	47.7%
2016	697	48.5%
2017	55	3.8%

Which technologies does Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 389

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 367

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 216

H03K - Pulse Technique 165

G11C - Static Stores 133

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 105

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 84

H03F - Amplifiers 62

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 51

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 49

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 46

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 45

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 45

H04B - Transmission 44

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 37

Top 15 of 104 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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

Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 27.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #297 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Freeescale Semiconductor, Inc. against Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.1/100 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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