Where does Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. ranks #35,829 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 Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. hold?

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.6 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s patents?

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s patents average 19.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. focus on?

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s top technology area is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;) with 3 patents, ranking #251 of 595 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. 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 - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2023. 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: G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Imec ranks #35,829 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#35,829
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.6/100): 19.7
avg claims per patent: +500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35829 · US Corporation #35,829 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,829/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ILC Dover
CPC-FOCUS G03F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ILC Dover LP (±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 Imec’s 39.6 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 7.2 pts (18%) Velocity 8.9 pts (22%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 11.8 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Imec's Innovation Score is 39.6/100 (top 38% 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 Imec?

Each dot is one of Imec’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). Imec’s own 19.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imec's grants concentrate

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Imec sits between ILC Dover LP and Immunovia AB.

Imec's three-year grant acceleration

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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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What this shows Imec holds 7 patents at rank #35,802, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imec

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,802 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces)

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

Imec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2023

Grants by year

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

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Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	14.3%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. patent most?

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H03G - Control OF Amplification 1

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 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc.'s lead technology class is G03F (Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR;), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G03F
Ranked #35,829 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imec USA Nanoelectronics Design Center, Inc. against ILC Dover LP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.6/100 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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