Where does Nordic Semiconductor ASA rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nordic Semiconductor ASA ranks #2,038 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 Nordic Semiconductor ASA hold?

Nordic Semiconductor ASA holds 195 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Nordic Semiconductor ASA's Innovation Score?

Nordic Semiconductor ASA has an Innovation Score of 64.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nordic Semiconductor ASA focus on?

Nordic Semiconductor ASA's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 72 patents, ranking #712 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nordic Semiconductor ASA's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nordic Semiconductor ASA's recent grant velocity is +160% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nordic Semiconductor ASA's patents?

Nordic Semiconductor ASA's patents average 18.1 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 Nordic Semiconductor ASA 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

Nordic Semiconductor ASA

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 195 granted patents across 33 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nordic ranks #2,038 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 195 patents across 33 technology areas.

#2,038
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (64.6/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +160%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2038 · Foreign Corporation #2,038 · 195 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 195 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,038/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH China Mobile…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 33 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +160% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. (±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 Nordic’s 64.6 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 18.2 pts (28%) Velocity 15.2 pts (24%) Breadth 20.3 pts (31%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Indian Institute OF… · near

65
Anhui University · near

65
Nordic Semiconductor… · this assignee

65
Sony Computer… · near

65
Sumitomo Electric… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nordic's Innovation Score is 64.6/100 (top 2% 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 Nordic?

Each dot is one of Nordic’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). Nordic’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Nordic's grants concentrate

Nordic Semiconductor ASA is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 36.9% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (42 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2017. By volume, Nordic sits between China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. and Gemalto SA.

Nordic's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nordic Semiconductor ASA moved from 42 to 96 grants (2.29x 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 #146. See the growth leaderboard.

China Mobile Comm…

195
Coway

195
Iscar

195
Med-el Elektromed…

195
Versum Materials…

195
Nordic Semiconduc… ◀

195
Duksan Neolux

194
Forcepoint

194
Gemalto

194

What this shows Nordic holds 195 patents at rank #2,038, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nordic

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,038 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nordic, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Nordic ranks #712 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. 65 Anhui University 65 Indian Institute OF Technology Madras (IIT MADRAS) 65 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Icon Health & Fitness, Inc. 18.1 avg Schneider Electric IT Corporation 18.1 avg Unity Semiconductor 18.1 avg Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC 18.1 avg

Nordic's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

Nordic Semiconductor ASA patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	4.6%
2016	7	3.6%
2017	5	2.6%
2018	14	7.2%
2019	13	6.7%
2020	14	7.2%
2021	15	7.7%
2022	34	17.4%
2023	20	10.3%
2024	42	21.5%
2025partial year	22	11.3%

Which technologies does Nordic Semiconductor ASA patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 72

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 62

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 37

H04B - Transmission 33

H03K - Pulse Technique 27

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 21

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 17

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 15

H03F - Amplifiers 10

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 10

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 9

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 9

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 8

H04J - Multiplex Communication 6

H03G - Control OF Amplification 4

Top 15 of 33 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

Nordic Semiconductor ASA's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nordic Semiconductor ASA's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 36.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #2,038 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nordic Semiconductor ASA against China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.6/100 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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