Where does Infineon Technologies AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Infineon Technologies AG ranks #62 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 Infineon Technologies AG hold?

Infineon Technologies AG holds 5,936 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 205 technology areas.

What is Infineon Technologies AG's Innovation Score?

Infineon Technologies AG has an Innovation Score of 72.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Infineon Technologies AG focus on?

Infineon Technologies AG's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 2,127 patents. Grants appear in 205 CPC subclasses total.

Is Infineon Technologies AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Infineon Technologies AG's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Infineon Technologies AG's patents?

Infineon Technologies AG's patents average 19.1 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 Infineon Technologies AG 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

Infineon Technologies AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5,936 granted patents across 205 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Infineon ranks #62 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5,936 patents across 205 technology areas.

#62
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (72.0/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R62 · Foreign Corporation #62 · 5,936 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 5.9K grants
TOP-DECILE #62/49,997
NEAR-PEER Hitachi
CPC-BROAD H01L · 205 areas
INNOV-STRONG 72.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi, Ltd. (±46 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
STMicroelectronics · near

72
Bytedance · near

72
Infineon · this assignee

72
Western Digital · near

72
Panasonic Automotive… · near

72
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Infineon's Innovation Score is 72.0/100 (top 1% 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.

How Infineon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Infineon Technologies AG received 2,464 grants versus 3,166 in 2015–2019 (-22% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 689 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 425. Lead class H01L accounts for 35.8% of the portfolio across 205 subclasses. Volume neighbours: The Regents of the University of California (#58) and Nokia Technologies OY (#66).

Infineon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Infineon Technologies AG moved from 1,697 to 1,405 grants (0.83x 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 #1,730. See the growth leaderboard.

The Regents of th…

6,428
Saudi Arabian OIL

6,393
3M Innovative Pro…

5,993
Capital ONE Servi…

5,990
Infineon ◀

5,936
Hitachi

5,890
SAP SE

5,717
The Procter & Gam…

5,586
Nokia OY

5,496

What this shows Infineon holds 5,936 patents at rank #62, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Infineon

By rank, the assignees closest to #62 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (72 here).

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. 72 Bytedance Inc. 72 Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd. 72 STMicroelectronics SA 72

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

BlackBerry Limited 19.1 avg Apple Inc. 19.1 avg Electronic Arts Inc. 19.1 avg Uatc, LLC 19.1 avg

Infineon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

72 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Infineon Technologies AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	589	9.9%
2016	628	10.6%
2017	689	11.6%
2018	622	10.5%
2019	638	10.7%
2020	582	9.8%
2021	477	8.0%
2022	472	8.0%
2023	508	8.6%
2024	425	7.2%
2025partial year	306	5.2%

Which technologies does Infineon Technologies AG patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2,127

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1,166

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 759

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 575

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 424

H03K - Pulse Technique 419

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 328

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 308

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 286

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 282

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 275

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 225

H04B - Transmission 221

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 214

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 179

Top 15 of 205 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#62

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

72.0 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

Infineon Technologies AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Infineon Technologies AG's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 35.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #62 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Infineon Technologies AG against The Regents of the University of California, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 72.0/100 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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