Where does Marvell World Trade Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Marvell World Trade Ltd. ranks #463 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 Marvell World Trade Ltd. hold?

Marvell World Trade Ltd. holds 967 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 71 technology areas.

What is Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Marvell World Trade Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 60.3 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -98% 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 Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s patents?

Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s patents average 19.2 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 Marvell World Trade Ltd. 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

Marvell World Trade Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Marvell World Trade Ltd. focus on?

Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 412 patents. Grants appear in 71 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 967 granted patents across 71 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Marvell ranks #463 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 967 patents across 71 technology areas.

#463
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.3/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -98%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R463 · Foreign Corporation #463 · 967 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 967 grants
TOP-DECILE #463/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Asustek Computer
CPC-WIDE H04L · 71 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -98% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Asustek Computer Inc. (±3 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
Lunar Energy · near

60
Marvell World Trade · this assignee

60
Lotte Chemical · near

60
Sekisui Chemical · near

60
The Board of… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Marvell's Innovation Score is 60.3/100 (top 3% 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 Marvell's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Marvell World Trade Ltd. received 20 grants versus 947 in 2015–2019 (-98% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 321 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class H04L accounts for 42.6% of the portfolio across 71 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Snowflake Inc. (#459) and AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd. (#467).

Snowflake

984
Ebara

983
Foxconn Interconn…

974
Asustek Computer

970
Marvell World Tra… ◀

967
KAO

957
Lenovo Enterprise…

957
Korea University…

947
AAC Pte

946

What this shows Marvell holds 967 patents at rank #463, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Marvell

By rank, the assignees closest to #463 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Lunar Energy, Inc. 60 Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. 60 The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama 60 Lotte Chemical Corporation 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. 19.2 avg Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. 19.2 avg iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. 19.2 avg MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. 19.2 avg

Marvell's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Marvell World Trade Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	321	33.2%
2016	256	26.5%
2017	150	15.5%
2018	122	12.6%
2019	98	10.1%
2020	19	2.0%
2021	1	0.1%

Which technologies does Marvell World Trade Ltd. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 412

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 343

H04B - Transmission 184

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 174

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 66

G11C - Static Stores 63

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 55

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 38

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 34

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 34

H04J - Multiplex Communication 33

H03F - Amplifiers 33

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 28

H03K - Pulse Technique 28

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 21

Top 15 of 71 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#463

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.3 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

Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Marvell World Trade Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 42.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #463 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Marvell World Trade Ltd. against Snowflake Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.3/100 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

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.