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IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik

Q: Where does IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik ranks #9,286 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik 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 PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IHP ranks #9,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 29 technology areas.

#9,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9286 · Foreign Corporation #9,286 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hyland UK Operations
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hyland UK Operations Limited (±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 IHP’s 43.8 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 12.3 pts (28%) Velocity 3.6 pts (8%) Breadth 19.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acutus Medical · near

44
Avegant · near

44
IHP —INNOVATIONS… · this assignee

44
Softwear Automation · near

44
Star Micronics · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IHP's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 IHP?

Each dot is one of IHP’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). IHP’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IHP's grants concentrate

IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 20.6% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, IHP sits between Hyland UK Operations Limited and Inaeris Technologies, LLC.

IHP's three-year grant acceleration

IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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34
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Inaeris

34
IHP —Innovations… ◀

34

What this shows IHP holds 34 patents at rank #9,286, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IHP

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,286 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IHP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), IHP ranks #1,362 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Acutus Medical, Inc. 44 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. 44 Avegant Corp. 44 Softwear Automation Inc. 44

IHP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	14.7%
2016	1	2.9%
2017	5	14.7%
2018	4	11.8%
2019	3	8.8%
2020	6	17.6%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	2	5.9%
2024	4	11.8%
2025partial year	2	5.9%

Which technologies does IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 7

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 3

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 3

H03F - Amplifiers 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H03G - Control OF Amplification 2

H04B - Transmission 2

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 2

Top 15 of 29 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

IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 20.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #9,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IHP GMBH—INNOVATIONS FOR High Performance Microelectronics / Leibniz-institut FÜR Innovative Mikroelektronik against Hyland UK Operations Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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.

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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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