Where does Graphcore Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Graphcore Limited ranks #2,288 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 Graphcore Limited hold?

Graphcore Limited holds 171 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Graphcore Limited's Innovation Score?

Graphcore Limited has an Innovation Score of 59.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Graphcore Limited focus on?

Graphcore Limited's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 157 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Graphcore Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Graphcore Limited's recent grant velocity is +7600% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Graphcore Limited's patents?

Graphcore Limited's patents average 22.0 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 Graphcore Limited 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

Graphcore Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 171 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Graphcore ranks #2,288 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 171 patents across 12 technology areas.

#2,288
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.7/100): 22.0
avg claims per patent: +7600%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2288 · Foreign Corporation #2,288 · 171 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 171 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,288/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH A10 Networks…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +7600% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: A10 Networks, Incorporated (±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
Assa Abloy Americas… · near

60
China Tobacco Hunan… · near

60
ELI Lilly AND · near

60
Graphcore · this assignee

60
Holcim Technology · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Graphcore's Innovation Score is 59.7/100 (top 4% 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 Graphcore's grants concentrate

Graphcore Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 91.8% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (47 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Graphcore sits between A10 Networks, Incorporated and Shanghai Zhaoxin Semiconductor Co., Ltd..

Graphcore's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Graphcore Limited moved from 45 to 111 grants (2.47x 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 #120. See the growth leaderboard.

A10 Networks Inco…

171
Caterpillar Sarl

171
Church & Dwight

171
EV Group E Thalln…

171
Kidde

171
MAN Truck &Bus

171
Merchsource

171
Shanghai Zhaoxin…

171
Graphcore ◀

171

What this shows Graphcore holds 171 patents at rank #2,288, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Graphcore

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,288 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Assa Abloy Americas Residential Inc. 60 ELI Lilly AND Company 60 Holcim Technology Ltd 60 China Tobacco Hunan Industrial Co., Ltd. 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.0 here).

Nantero, Inc. 22.0 avg Stradvision, Inc. 22.0 avg NxGen Partners IP, LLC 22.0 avg Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. 22.0 avg

Graphcore's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Graphcore Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	1.2%
2020	15	8.8%
2021	28	16.4%
2022	34	19.9%
2023	47	27.5%
2024	30	17.5%
2025partial year	15	8.8%

Which technologies does Graphcore Limited patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 157

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 46

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 27

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 10

H03K - Pulse Technique 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 3

G11C - Static Stores 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,288

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

59.7 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

Graphcore Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Graphcore Limited's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 91.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,288 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Graphcore Limited against A10 Networks, Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.7/100 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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