Where does NXP USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), NXP USA, Inc. ranks #141 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 NXP USA, Inc. hold?

NXP USA, Inc. holds 2,671 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 129 technology areas.

What is NXP USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

NXP USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 67.3 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 NXP USA, Inc. focus on?

NXP USA, Inc.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 603 patents, ranking #40 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 129 CPC subclasses total.

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

NXP USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -12% 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 NXP USA, Inc.'s patents?

NXP USA, Inc.'s patents average 17.8 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 NXP USA, 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

NXP USA, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 2,671 granted patents across 129 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, NXP ranks #141 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 2,671 patents across 129 technology areas.

#141
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.3/100): 17.8
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R141 · US Corporation #141 · 2,671 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 2.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #141/49,997
NEAR-PEER Fuji Electric
CPC-WIDE H01L · 129 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (±17 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 NXP’s 67.3 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 27.3 pts (41%) Velocity 4.4 pts (7%) Breadth 25.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BAIDU COM Times… · near

67
Japan Display · near

67
KIA Motors · near

67
Ut-battelle · near

67
NXP USA · this assignee

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows NXP's Innovation Score is 67.3/100 (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 NXP?

Each dot is one of NXP’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). NXP’s own 17.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How NXP's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, NXP USA, Inc. received 1,198 grants versus 1,363 in 2015–2019 (-12% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 599 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 10. Lead class H01L accounts for 22.6% of the portfolio across 129 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (#137) and Kioxia Corporation (#145).

NXP's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, NXP USA, Inc. moved from 924 to 615 grants (0.67x 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 #2,266. See the growth leaderboard.

Fraunhofer-gesell…

2,763
Rohm

2,753
Audi

2,738
CNH Industrial Am…

2,690
NXP USA ◀

2,671
Fuji Electric

2,654
Asml Netherlands…

2,645
Airbus Operations

2,643
Kioxia

2,641

What this shows NXP holds 2,671 patents at rank #141, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NXP

By rank, the assignees closest to #141 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NXP, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), NXP ranks #40 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Japan Display Inc. 67 KIA Motors Corporation 67 Ut-battelle, LLC 67 BAIDU.COM Times Technology (BEIJING) Co., Ltd. 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.8 here).

MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd. 17.8 avg Clariant International Ltd 17.8 avg LightLab Imaging, Inc. 17.8 avg MSA Technology, LLC 17.8 avg

NXP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

NXP USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	10	0.4%
2017	599	22.4%
2018	413	15.5%
2019	341	12.8%
2020	325	12.2%
2021	258	9.7%
2022	249	9.3%
2023	216	8.1%
2024	150	5.6%
2025partial year	110	4.1%

Which technologies does NXP USA, Inc. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 603

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 573

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 393

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 329

H03K - Pulse Technique 293

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 268

H03F - Amplifiers 248

H04B - Transmission 221

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 215

G11C - Static Stores 172

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 106

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 103

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 98

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 88

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 76

Top 15 of 129 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

NXP USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

NXP USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 22.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #141 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare NXP USA, Inc. against Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.3/100 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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