Where does Hittite Microwave LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hittite Microwave LLC ranks #12,472 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 Hittite Microwave LLC hold?

Hittite Microwave LLC holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Hittite Microwave LLC's Innovation Score?

Hittite Microwave LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.1 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hittite Microwave LLC focus on?

Hittite Microwave LLC's top technology area is H03F (Amplifiers) with 6 patents, ranking #180 of 791 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hittite Microwave LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hittite Microwave LLC'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 Hittite Microwave LLC's patents?

Hittite Microwave LLC's patents average 25.5 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 Hittite Microwave LLC 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

Hittite Microwave LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: H03F (Amplifiers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hittite ranks #12,472 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 18 technology areas.

#12,472
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.1/100): 25.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12472 · US Corporation #12,472 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,472/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hanwha Powersystems
CPC-FOCUS H03F · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hanwha Powersystems Co., Ltd (±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.

How Hittite’s 41.1 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 11.1 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (36%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hittite Microwave · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hittite's Innovation Score is 41.1/100 (top 34% 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 Hittite?

Each dot is one of Hittite’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). Hittite’s own 25.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hittite's grants concentrate

Hittite Microwave LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under H03F (Amplifiers). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Hittite sits between Hanwha Powersystems Co., Ltd and Hoya Optical Labs Of America, Inc..

Hanwha Powersyste…

24
Hawkes Design AND…

24
Hidaka Seiki

24
Hitachi Data Syst…

24
Hokwang Industries

24
Honda

24
Hortival Diffusio…

24
Hoya Optical Labs…

24
Hittite Microwave ◀

24

What this shows Hittite holds 24 patents at rank #12,472, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hittite

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,472 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03F (Amplifiers)

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

Hittite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Hittite Microwave LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	58.3%
2016	3	12.5%
2017	3	12.5%
2018	3	12.5%
2019	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Hittite Microwave LLC patent most?

H03F - Amplifiers 6

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 6

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 3

H04B - Transmission 3

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H03J - Tuning Resonant CIRCUITS; Selecting Resonant Circuits 2

H03D - Demodulation OR Transference OF Modulation From ONE Carrier TO Another 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Hittite Microwave LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hittite Microwave LLC's lead technology class is H03F (Amplifiers), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03F
Ranked #12,472 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hittite Microwave LLC against Hanwha Powersystems Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.1/100 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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