Overall rank by patents
#7,048
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 47 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Microchip ranks #7,048 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 47 patents across 18 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R7048 · Foreign Corporation #7,048 · 47 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Maxar Space Llc (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Safran Power Units · near
43 score
Atom Power · near
43 score
Microchip Technology… · this assignee
43 score
Nautilus · near
43 score
Tom Tom Global Conte… · near
43 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Microchip Technology Germany Gmbh stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #7,048 of 50,000; Innovation Score 43.0/100 sits in the top 29% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Maxar Space Llc (±0 grants).
Microchip Technology Germany Gmbh has been granted 47 US utility patents between 2015 and 2020, placing Microchip Technology Germany Gmbh at #7,048 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 24.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in G06F (ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING). As a Foreign Corporation, Microchip Technology Germany Gmbh is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Microchip sits between Maxar Space Llc (47 patents, rank #7,044) and Nankai University (47 patents, rank #7,052) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 43.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 2 grants, compared with 45 in the 2015–2019 window, a -96% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Microchip Technology Germany Gmbh's 24.4 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Maxar Space LLC
47 patents
McCormick & Company, Inc.
47 patents
Mettler-Toledo International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
47 patents
Mevion Medical Systems, Inc.
47 patents
NEUBORON MEDTECH LTD.
47 patents
NOOK DIGITAL, LLC
47 patents
NUOVO PIGNONE SPA
47 patents
Nankai University
47 patents
Microchip Technology Germany GmbH
47 patents
What this shows Microchip holds 47 patents at rank #7,048, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,048 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Microchip's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Microchip, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).
Microchip's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 14.9% |
| 2016 | 13 | 27.7% |
| 2017 | 3 | 6.4% |
| 2018 | 14 | 29.8% |
| 2019 | 8 | 17.0% |
| 2020 | 2 | 4.3% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#7,048
of 50,000 tracked assignees
43.0 out of 100
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