Where does Micron Technology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Micron Technology, Inc. ranks #18 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 Micron Technology, Inc. hold?

Micron Technology, Inc. holds 15,200 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 195 technology areas.

What is Micron Technology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Micron Technology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 78.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Micron Technology, Inc. focus on?

Micron Technology, Inc.'s top technology area is G11C (Static Stores) with 7,566 patents, ranking #1 of 882 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 195 CPC subclasses total.

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

Micron Technology, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +92% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Micron Technology, Inc.'s patents?

Micron Technology, Inc.'s patents average 19.8 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 Micron Technology, 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

Micron Technology, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15,200 granted patents across 195 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: G11C (Static Stores).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Micron ranks #18 of 49,997 US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15,200 patents across 195 technology areas.

#18
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (78.8/100): 19.8
avg claims per patent: +92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18 · US Corporation #18 · 15,200 grants

GRANTS-MEGA · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MEGA 15K grants
TOP-DECILE #18/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Mitsubishi Electric
CPC-WIDE G11C · 195 areas
INNOV-STRONG 78.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (±147 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 Micron’s 78.8 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 33.3 pts (42%) Velocity 8.6 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (32%) Claim depth 11.9 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tyco Fire & Security · near

79
Micron Technology · this assignee

79
GM Cruise Holdings · near

79
Comcast Cable… · near

79
Meta Platforms · near

79
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Micron's Innovation Score is 78.8/100 (top 1% 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 Micron?

Each dot is one of Micron’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). Micron’s own 19.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Micron's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Micron Technology, Inc. received 9,303 grants versus 4,842 in 2015–2019 (+92% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 2,235 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 804. Lead class G11C accounts for 49.8% of the portfolio across 195 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (#14) and Seiko Epson Corporation (#22).

Micron's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Micron Technology, Inc. moved from 4,620 to 5,961 grants (1.29x 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 #652. See the growth leaderboard.

Amazon

20,125
Ford Global

18,527
BOE Technology Gr…

18,263
Telefonaktiebolag…

15,598
Micron Technology ◀

15,200
Mitsubishi Electr…

15,053
Hyundai Motor

15,033
General Electric

14,436
Seiko Epson

14,235

What this shows Micron holds 15,200 patents at rank #18, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Micron

By rank, the assignees closest to #18 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G11C (Static Stores)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Micron, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G11C (Static Stores), Micron ranks #1 of 882 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (79 here).

Tyco Fire & Security GMBH 79 GM Cruise Holdings LLC 79 Comcast Cable Communications, LLC 79 Meta Platforms, Inc. 79

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.8 here).

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 19.8 avg Excalibur IP, LLC 19.8 avg Rapiscan Systems, Inc. 19.8 avg PlusAI, Inc. 19.8 avg

Micron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

79 Top 1% higher than 99% 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.

View data table

Micron Technology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	969	6.4%
2016	865	5.7%
2017	804	5.3%
2018	926	6.1%
2019	1,278	8.4%
2020	1,542	10.1%
2021	1,800	11.8%
2022	1,930	12.7%
2023	2,235	14.7%
2024	1,796	11.8%
2025partial year	1,055	6.9%

Which technologies does Micron Technology, Inc. patent most?

G11C - Static Stores 7,566

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6,121

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3,107

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 3,035

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1,804

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 925

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 915

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 664

H03K - Pulse Technique 537

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 382

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 358

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 229

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 162

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 162

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 128

Top 15 of 195 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

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

Micron Technology, Inc.'s lead technology class is G11C (Static Stores), 49.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G11C
Ranked #18 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Micron Technology, Inc. against Amazon Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 78.8/100 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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