Where does Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. ranks #4,257 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 Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. hold?

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. holds 84 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.0 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 47 patents, ranking #328 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, 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 Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 25.6 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 Qualcomm Mems Technologies, 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

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 84 granted patents across 31 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Qualcomm ranks #4,257 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 84 patents across 31 technology areas.

#4,257
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (50.0/100): 25.6
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4257 · US Corporation #4,257 · 84 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 84 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,257/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Optis Cellular…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Optis Cellular Technology, LLC (±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 Qualcomm’s 50.0 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 15.3 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 19.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amolifescience · near

50
Nidec Read · near

50
Qualcomm Mems · this assignee

50
TP Lab · near

50
Zumtobel Lighting · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Qualcomm's Innovation Score is 50.0/100 (top 14% 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 Qualcomm?

Each dot is one of Qualcomm’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). Qualcomm’s own 25.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Qualcomm's grants concentrate

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 56% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (62 grants) versus a trough of 22 in 2016. By volume, Qualcomm sits between Optis Cellular Technology, LLC and Shanghai Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd..

Optis Cellular Te…

84
Orthosensor

84
Prince Castle

84
Qingdao Haier Joi…

84
Quanata

84
Refinitiv US Orga…

84
Riddell

84
Shanghai Hengrui…

84
Qualcomm Mems ◀

84

What this shows Qualcomm holds 84 patents at rank #4,257, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Qualcomm

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,257 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Qualcomm, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02B (Optical Elements), Qualcomm ranks #328 of 4,891 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

TP Lab, Inc. 50 Zumtobel Lighting GmbH 50 Nidec Read Corporation 50 Amolifescience Co., Ltd. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (25.6 here).

Sandisk IL Ltd. 25.6 avg Informatica LLC 25.7 avg InVue Security Products Inc. 25.6 avg InCube Labs, LLC 25.6 avg

Qualcomm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	62	73.8%
2016	22	26.2%

Which technologies does Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 47

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 28

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 23

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 11

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 11

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 10

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 7

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 7

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 7

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 5

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

Top 15 of 31 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

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 56% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #4,257 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Qualcomm Mems Technologies, Inc. against Optis Cellular Technology, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.0/100 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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