Overall rank by patents
#499
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 896 granted patents across 68 technology areas, active 2019–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: H10D (INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES).
The verdict
Globalfoundries holds 896 US patents across 68 technology areas, rank #499 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
Globalfoundries U.s. Inc. has been granted 896 US utility patents between 2019 and 2025, placing Globalfoundries U.s. Inc. at rank #499 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 68 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 18.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in H10D (INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES). As a US Corporation, Globalfoundries U.s. Inc. is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Globalfoundries sits between Dolby International AB (903 patents, rank #495) and Shell OIL Compny (890 patents, rank #503) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 77.1/100 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 891 grants, compared with 5 in the 2015–2019 window, a +17720% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US 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. Globalfoundries U.s. Inc.'s 18.2 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 68 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Globalfoundries U.s. Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Dolby International AB
903 patents
KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
902 patents
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
900 patents
OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
897 patents
GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc.
896 patents
ARKEMA FRANCE
892 patents
Illumina, Inc.
890 patents
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
890 patents
SHELL OIL COMPNY
890 patents
What this shows Globalfoundries holds 896 patents at rank #499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #499 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Globalfoundries's primary technology class.
Globalfoundries's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
77 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | 0.6% |
| 2021 | 203 | 22.7% |
| 2022 | 200 | 22.3% |
| 2023 | 203 | 22.7% |
| 2024 | 148 | 16.5% |
| 2025 | 137 | 15.3% |
Top 15 of 68 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#499
Across all tracked assignees
77.1 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Globalfoundries's 896 grants land it in the top 0.1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
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.
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.