Where does IQE plc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IQE plc ranks #11,297 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 IQE plc hold?

IQE plc holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is IQE plc's Innovation Score?

IQE plc has an Innovation Score of 38.6 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IQE plc focus on?

IQE plc's top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 22 patents, ranking #257 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is IQE plc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IQE plc's recent grant velocity is +113% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for IQE plc's patents?

IQE plc's patents average 22.1 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 IQE plc 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

IQE plc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IQE ranks #11,297 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 11 technology areas.

#11,297
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 22.1
avg claims per patent: +113%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11297 · Foreign Corporation #11,297 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,297/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Industrial Revolution
CPC-FOCUS H10D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +113% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Industrial Revolution, Inc. (±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 IQE’s 38.6 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 11.5 pts (30%) Velocity 2.1 pts (5%) Breadth 11.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cathworks · near

39
Efficient Energy · near

39
Indyme Solutions · near

39
IQE · this assignee

39
Thermo Scientific… · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IQE's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (top 40% 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 IQE?

Each dot is one of IQE’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). IQE’s own 22.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where IQE's grants concentrate

IQE plc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 81.5% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, IQE sits between Inserm and Innovative Building Technologies, LLC.

IQE's three-year grant acceleration

IQE plc shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Inserm

27
Intradin (Shangha…

27
Intrexon Actobiot…

27
Ipgoal Microelect…

27
IQM Finland OY

27
Industrial Revolu…

27
Innovatech

27
Innovative Buildi…

27
IQE ◀

27

What this shows IQE holds 27 patents at rank #11,290, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IQE

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,290 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IQE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), IQE ranks #257 of 1,402 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Efficient Energy GMBH 39 Indyme Solutions, LLC 39 Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. 39 Cathworks Ltd. 39

IQE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

IQE plc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.7%
2018	3	11.1%
2019	4	14.8%
2020	6	22.2%
2021	6	22.2%
2022	3	11.1%
2023	2	7.4%
2025partial year	2	7.4%

Which technologies does IQE plc patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 22

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 21

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 6

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 5

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 5

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

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

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

IQE plc's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IQE plc's lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 81.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #11,297 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IQE plc against Inserm, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.