Where does Pmc-sierra US, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pmc-sierra US, Inc. ranks #5,460 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 Pmc-sierra US, Inc. hold?

Pmc-sierra US, Inc. holds 63 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pmc-sierra US, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.4 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pmc-sierra US, Inc. focus on?

Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 25 patents, ranking #1,145 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s patents?

Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Pmc-sierra US, 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

Pmc-sierra US, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 63 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pmc-sierra ranks #5,460 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 63 patents across 21 technology areas.

#5,460
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.4/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5460 · US Corporation #5,460 · 63 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 63 grants
UPPER-Q #5,460/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New Shicoh Motor
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New Shicoh Motor 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 Pmc-sierra’s 41.4 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 14.4 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Everi Payments · near

41
GE Renewable · near

41
Hi-lex Controls · near

41
Pmc-sierra US · this assignee

41
Texas Instruments… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pmc-sierra's Innovation Score is 41.4/100 (top 33% 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 Pmc-sierra?

Each dot is one of Pmc-sierra’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). Pmc-sierra’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pmc-sierra's grants concentrate

Pmc-sierra US, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 39.7% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (48 grants) versus a trough of 15 in 2016. By volume, Pmc-sierra sits between New Shicoh Motor Co., Ltd. and Rockspoon, Inc.

New Shicoh Motor

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Ologn

63
Origin Wireless

63
Patek Philippe Ge…

63
Plexxikon

63
Purewick

63
R A Brands L L C

63
Rockspoon

63
Pmc-sierra US ◀

63

What this shows Pmc-sierra holds 63 patents at rank #5,459, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pmc-sierra

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,459 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Pmc-sierra's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pmc-sierra, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Pmc-sierra ranks #1,145 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Everi Payments Inc. 41 Texas Instruments Deutschland GMBH 41 GE Renewable Technologies 41 Hi-lex Controls, Inc. 41

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Teledyne Flir Commercial Systems, Inc. 18.0 avg Basf Agricultural Solutions Seed US LLC 18.0 avg Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica GMBH 18.0 avg AeroVironment, Inc. 18.0 avg

Pmc-sierra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Pmc-sierra US, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	48	76.2%
2016	15	23.8%

Which technologies does Pmc-sierra US, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 25

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 18

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 14

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 11

H04B - Transmission 9

H04J - Multiplex Communication 7

H03K - Pulse Technique 4

H04Q - Selecting 2

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 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

G04F - Time-interval Measuring 2

G11C - Static Stores 2

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

H03F - Amplifiers 1

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 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pmc-sierra US, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 39.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,460 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pmc-sierra US, Inc. against New Shicoh Motor Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.4/100 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

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