Where does Ixys, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ixys, LLC ranks #4,475 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 Ixys, LLC hold?

Ixys, LLC holds 79 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Ixys, LLC's Innovation Score?

Ixys, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.3 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ixys, LLC focus on?

Ixys, LLC's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 38 patents, ranking #382 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ixys, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ixys, 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 Ixys, LLC's patents?

Ixys, LLC's patents average 19.8 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 Ixys, 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

Ixys, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 79 granted patents across 33 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ixys ranks #4,475 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 79 patents across 33 technology areas.

#4,475
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.3/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4475 · US Corporation #4,475 · 79 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 79 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,475/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Helmholtz Zentrum…
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) (±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 Ixys’s 47.3 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 15.1 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.3 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alexza Pharmaceuticals · near

47
Hefechip · near

47
Ixys · this assignee

47
Quantum Metric · near

47
Think Surgical · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ixys's Innovation Score is 47.3/100 (top 19% 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 Ixys?

Each dot is one of Ixys’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). Ixys’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ixys's grants concentrate

Ixys, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 48.1% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (22 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2019. By volume, Ixys sits between Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH) and Ninebot (BEIJING) Tech Co., Ltd..

Helmholtz Zentrum…

79
Industry-academic…

79
InstituciÓ Catala…

79
Institut Polytech…

79
LES Laboratoires…

79
NHN Entertainment

79
Nikola

79
Ninebot (Beijing)…

79
Ixys ◀

79

What this shows Ixys holds 79 patents at rank #4,475, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ixys

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,475 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ixys, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Ixys ranks #382 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Quantum Metric, Inc. 47 Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 47 Hefechip Corporation Limited 47 Think Surgical, Inc. 47

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

Sonitor Technologies AS 19.8 avg PME IP PTY Ltd 19.8 avg Lightmatter, Inc. 19.8 avg Medtronic Advanced Energy LLC 19.8 avg

Ixys's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Ixys, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	22.8%
2016	11	13.9%
2017	21	26.6%
2018	22	27.8%
2019	7	8.9%

Which technologies does Ixys, LLC patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 38

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 35

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 26

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 13

H03K - Pulse Technique 8

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

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

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H03F - Amplifiers 2

Top 15 of 33 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

Ixys, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ixys, LLC's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 48.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #4,475 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ixys, LLC against Helmholtz Zentrum München Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt (GmbH), an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.3/100 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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