Overall rank by patents
#21,466
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: H03M (CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Mixed-signal ranks #21,466 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R21466 · US Corporation #21,466 · 13 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: Mirror Biologics, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Mixed-signal Devices · this assignee
51 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Mixed-signal's Innovation Score is 50.8/100 (top 12% 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.
Mixed-signal Devices Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 38.5% of grants classified under H03M (CODING; DECODING; CODE CONVERSION IN GENERAL). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Mixed-signal sits between Mirror Biologics, Inc. and Monster Worldwide, Inc..
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Mirror Biologics, Inc.
13 patents
Mist Systems, Inc.
13 patents
Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited
13 patents
Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc.
13 patents
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
13 patents
Molecule Works Inc.
13 patents
Monogram Biosciences, Inc.
13 patents
Monster Worldwide, Inc.
13 patents
Mixed-Signal Devices Inc.
13 patents
What this shows Mixed-signal holds 13 patents at rank #21,472, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #21,472 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Mixed-signal's primary technology class.
Mixed-signal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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 2020–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 2 | 15.4% |
| 2022 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 7.7% |
| 2024 | 3 | 23.1% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 23.1% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#21,466
of 50,000 tracked assignees
50.8 out of 100
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