Where does Globalwafers Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Globalwafers Co., Ltd. ranks #1,429 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 Globalwafers Co., Ltd. hold?

Globalwafers Co., Ltd. holds 293 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Globalwafers Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 61.3 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 Globalwafers Co., Ltd. focus on?

Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 174 patents. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

Is Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +261% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s patents average 17.6 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 Globalwafers Co., Ltd. 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

Globalwafers Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 293 granted patents across 44 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Globalwafers ranks #1,429 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 293 patents across 44 technology areas.

#1,429
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 17.6
avg claims per patent: +261%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1429 · Foreign Corporation #1,429 · 293 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 293 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,429/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH University of…
CPC-WIDE H01L · 44 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +261% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: University of Washington through its Center for Commercialization (±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
Bendix Commercial… · near

61
Sika Technology · near

61
Globalwafers · this assignee

61
Immunolight · near

61
Industry-academic… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Globalwafers's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (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.

Where Globalwafers's grants concentrate

Globalwafers Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 59.4% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (59 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Globalwafers sits between Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd. and Group14 Technologies, Inc..

Globalwafers's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Globalwafers Co., Ltd. moved from 112 to 129 grants (1.15x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #865. See the growth leaderboard.

Chengdu Monolithi…

294
General Mills

294
Genius Optical (X…

294
Silicon Storage T…

294
University of Was…

293
Globalwafers ◀

293
Board OF Supervis…

292
Grohe

292
Group14

292

What this shows Globalwafers holds 293 patents at rank #1,429, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Globalwafers

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,429 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Immunolight, LLC 61 Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC 61 Sika Technology AG 61 Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.6 here).

Lockheed Martin Corporation 17.6 avg Sunshine Lake Pharma Co., Ltd. 17.6 avg Dali Systems Co. Ltd 17.6 avg Vibrant Holdings, LLC 17.6 avg

Globalwafers's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Globalwafers Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	0.3%
2017	6	2.0%
2018	10	3.4%
2019	39	13.3%
2020	35	11.9%
2021	38	13.0%
2022	33	11.3%
2023	37	12.6%
2024	59	20.1%
2025partial year	35	11.9%

Which technologies does Globalwafers Co., Ltd. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 174

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 135

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 86

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 20

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 16

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 12

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 8

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 8

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 6

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 6

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,429

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.3 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

Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 59.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #1,429 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Globalwafers Co., Ltd. against Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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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