Where does MaxLinear, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), MaxLinear, Inc. ranks #762 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 MaxLinear, Inc. hold?

MaxLinear, Inc. holds 602 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is MaxLinear, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

MaxLinear, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.3 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 MaxLinear, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

MaxLinear, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -68% 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 MaxLinear, Inc.'s patents?

MaxLinear, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 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 MaxLinear, 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

MaxLinear, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does MaxLinear, Inc. focus on?

MaxLinear, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 263 patents. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 602 granted patents across 47 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Maxlinear ranks #762 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 602 patents across 47 technology areas.

#762
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.3/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -68%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R762 · US Corporation #762 · 602 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 602 grants
TOP-DECILE #762/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH DIC
CPC-WIDE H04L · 47 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -68% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: DIC Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Spirit AeroSystems · near

61
Drexel University · near

61
MaxLinear · this assignee

61
Rensselaer Polytechn… · near

61
Sensormatic · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Maxlinear's Innovation Score is 61.3/100 (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.

Where Maxlinear's grants concentrate

MaxLinear, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 43.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (99 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2022. By volume, Maxlinear sits between Parker-Hannifin Corporation and TDK Taiwan Corp..

Maxlinear's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, MaxLinear, Inc. moved from 166 to 69 grants (0.42x 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 #2,851. See the growth leaderboard.

Parker-hannifin

605
Abb Vie

604
SAS Institute

604
DIC

602
Maxlinear ◀

602
Ethicon Endo-surg…

601
Sunpower

601
Vitesco

601
TDK Taiwan

598

What this shows MaxLinear holds 602 patents at rank #762, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near MaxLinear

By rank, the assignees closest to #762 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Sensormatic Electronics, LLC 61 Drexel University 61 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 61 Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.3 here).

SiTime Corporation 20.3 avg Hover Inc. 20.3 avg Tufts University 20.3 avg Typhon Technology Solutions (U.S.), LLC 20.3 avg

Maxlinear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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MaxLinear, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	76	12.6%
2016	75	12.5%
2017	95	15.8%
2018	99	16.4%
2019	94	15.6%
2020	41	6.8%
2021	31	5.1%
2022	12	2.0%
2023	23	3.8%
2024	34	5.6%
2025partial year	22	3.7%

Which technologies does MaxLinear, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 263

H04B - Transmission 254

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 133

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 111

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 104

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 56

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 53

H04H - Broadcast Communication 50

H04J - Multiplex Communication 41

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 36

H03F - Amplifiers 29

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 27

H03G - Control OF Amplification 17

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 15

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 15

Top 15 of 47 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#762

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.3 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

MaxLinear, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

MaxLinear, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 43.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #762 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare MaxLinear, Inc. against Parker-Hannifin Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.3/100 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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