Where does Protochips, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Protochips, Inc. ranks #7,463 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 Protochips, Inc. hold?

Protochips, Inc. holds 44 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Protochips, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Protochips, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Protochips, Inc. focus on?

Protochips, Inc.'s top technology area is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps) with 38 patents, ranking #69 of 1,076 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

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

Protochips, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -38% 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 Protochips, Inc.'s patents?

Protochips, Inc.'s patents average 16.8 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 Protochips, 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

Protochips, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 44 granted patents across 17 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: H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Protochips ranks #7,463 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 44 patents across 17 technology areas.

#7,463
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent: -38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7463 · US Corporation #7,463 · 44 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 44 grants
UPPER-Q #7,463/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pierce Biotechnology
CPC-FOCUS H01J · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pierce Biotechnology, 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.

How Protochips’s 43.9 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 13.1 pts (30%) Velocity 6.1 pts (14%) Breadth 14.6 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chi Mei Communicatio… · near

44
Kongsberg Automotive… · near

44
LGS Innovations · near

44
Protochips · this assignee

44
Wildcat Discovery · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Protochips's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 Protochips?

Each dot is one of Protochips’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). Protochips’s own 16.8 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.

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

Where Protochips's grants concentrate

Protochips, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 86.4% of grants classified under H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Protochips sits between Pierce Biotechnology, Inc. and Roehm GmbH.

Protochips's three-year grant acceleration

Protochips, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Pierce Biotechnol…

44
Pivotal Commware

44
Portable Multimed…

44
Prismatic Sensors…

44
Pulse Biosciences

44
Regulus Therapeut…

44
Reliant Immune Di…

44
Roehm

44
Protochips ◀

44

What this shows Protochips holds 44 patents at rank #7,463, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Protochips

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,463 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Protochips, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), Protochips ranks #69 of 1,076 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

LGS Innovations LLC 44 Kongsberg Automotive AB 44 Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc. 44 Wildcat Discovery Technologies, Inc. 44

Protochips's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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.

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Protochips, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.8%
2016	6	13.6%
2017	3	6.8%
2018	7	15.9%
2019	7	15.9%
2020	3	6.8%
2021	2	4.5%
2022	6	13.6%
2023	1	2.3%
2024	4	9.1%
2025partial year	2	4.5%

Which technologies does Protochips, Inc. patent most?

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 38

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 11

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 10

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 8

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 6

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Protochips, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01J (Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps), 86.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01J
Ranked #7,463 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Protochips, Inc. against Pierce Biotechnology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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