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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micrel, Inc. ranks #10,403 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 Micrel, Inc. hold?

Micrel, Inc. holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Micrel, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Micrel, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Micrel, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Micrel, Inc.'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 Micrel, Inc.'s patents?

Micrel, Inc.'s patents average 16.9 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 Micrel, 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

Micrel, Inc.

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

Micrel, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 13 patents, ranking #254 of 1,541 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: 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;).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micrel ranks #10,403 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 17 technology areas.

#10,403
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10403 · US Corporation #10,403 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,403/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Magnolia Broadband
CPC-FOCUS H02M · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Magnolia Broadband 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 Micrel’s 36.6 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 11.9 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dialogic · near

37
Hoerbiger Antriebste… · near

37
Micrel · this assignee

37
Vanchip (TIANJIN)… · near

37
Wormhole Labs · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Micrel's Innovation Score is 36.6/100 (top 46% 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 Micrel?

Each dot is one of Micrel’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). Micrel’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Micrel's grants concentrate

Micrel, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 43.3% of grants classified under 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;). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (16 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Micrel sits between Mando Mobility Solutions Corporation and Nippon Closures Co., Ltd.

Mando Mobility So…

30
Megagen Implant

30
MEI Pharma

30
Magnolia Broadband

30
Mitsubishi Power…

30
Mythic

30
National Institut…

30
Nippon Closures

30
Micrel ◀

30

What this shows Micrel holds 30 patents at rank #10,403, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micrel

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,403 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Micrel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H02M (Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC), Micrel ranks #254 of 1,541 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH 37 Wormhole Labs, Inc. 37 Vanchip (TIANJIN) Technology Co., Ltd. 37 Dialogic Corporation 37

Micrel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Micrel, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	53.3%
2016	12	40.0%
2017	2	6.7%

Which technologies does Micrel, Inc. patent most?

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 13

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 6

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 5

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

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 3

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 3

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

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 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

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 1

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 1

G04F - Time-interval Measuring 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

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Micrel, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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;), 43.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02M
Ranked #10,403 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Micrel, Inc. against Mando Mobility Solutions Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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

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