Where does Melexis Technologies SA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Melexis Technologies SA ranks #2,529 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 Melexis Technologies SA hold?

Melexis Technologies SA holds 154 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 44 technology areas.

What is Melexis Technologies SA's Innovation Score?

Melexis Technologies SA has an Innovation Score of 60.8 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 Melexis Technologies SA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Melexis Technologies SA's recent grant velocity is +565% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Melexis Technologies SA's patents?

Melexis Technologies SA's patents average 16.7 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 Melexis Technologies SA 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

Melexis Technologies SA

Q: What technology areas does Melexis Technologies SA focus on?

Melexis Technologies SA's top technology area is 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) with 91 patents. Grants appear in 44 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 154 granted patents across 44 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: 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 OT).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Melexis ranks #2,529 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 154 patents across 44 technology areas.

#2,529
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.8/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +565%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2529 · Foreign Corporation #2,529 · 154 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 154 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,529/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HannStar Display
CPC-WIDE G01D · 44 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +565% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HannStar Display 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
Abbott Cardiovascula… · near

61
Blue Yonder Group · near

61
Zhejiang University… · near

61
Melexis · this assignee

61
Opple Lighting · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Melexis's Innovation Score is 60.8/100 (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 Melexis's grants concentrate

Melexis Technologies SA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 44 CPC subclasses with 59.1% of grants classified under 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 OT). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (35 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Melexis sits between HannStar Display Corporation and SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd..

Melexis's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Melexis Technologies SA moved from 49 to 73 grants (1.49x 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 #458. See the growth leaderboard.

Hannstar Display

154
Lumens

154
Lyten

154
Life Spine

154
Oregon State Univ…

154
Polestar Performa…

154
Rehrig Pacific

154
SAE Magnetics (H…

154
Melexis ◀

154

What this shows Melexis holds 154 patents at rank #2,529, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Melexis

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,529 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01D (Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific Variable)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Opple Lighting Co., Ltd. 61 Blue Yonder Group, Inc. 61 Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. 61 Zhejiang University OF Technology 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Andritz Inc. 16.7 avg Toyota Motor North America, Inc. 16.7 avg Sorin Group Italia S.r.l. 16.7 avg Flosfia Inc. 16.7 avg

Melexis'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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Melexis Technologies SA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	0.6%
2017	3	1.9%
2018	4	2.6%
2019	9	5.8%
2020	21	13.6%
2021	19	12.3%
2022	23	14.9%
2023	35	22.7%
2024	15	9.7%
2025partial year	24	15.6%

Which technologies does Melexis Technologies SA patent most?

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 91

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 81

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 31

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 16

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 13

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 11

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 6

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 6

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 5

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 4

H03F - Amplifiers 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

Top 15 of 44 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,529

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.8 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

Melexis Technologies SA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Melexis Technologies SA's lead technology class is 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 OT), 59.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01D
Ranked #2,529 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Melexis Technologies SA against HannStar Display Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.8/100 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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