Where does RF Micro Devices, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), RF Micro Devices, Inc. ranks #2,363 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 RF Micro Devices, Inc. hold?

RF Micro Devices, Inc. holds 166 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

RF Micro Devices, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.0 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does RF Micro Devices, Inc. focus on?

RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s top technology area is H03F (Amplifiers) with 71 patents, ranking #22 of 791 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

RF Micro Devices, 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 RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s patents?

RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s patents average 22.2 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 RF Micro Devices, 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

RF Micro Devices, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 166 granted patents across 32 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: H03F (Amplifiers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, RF ranks #2,363 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 166 patents across 32 technology areas.

#2,363
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.0/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2363 · US Corporation #2,363 · 166 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 166 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,363/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hypertherm
CPC-FOCUS H03F · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hypertherm, 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 RF’s 51.0 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 17.7 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Electrocore · near

51
Ememory Technology · near

51
Microvision · near

51
RF Micro Devices · this assignee

51
Virtual Hold… · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows RF's Innovation Score is 51.0/100 (top 12% 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 RF?

Each dot is one of RF’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). RF’s own 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where RF's grants concentrate

RF Micro Devices, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 42.8% of grants classified under H03F (Amplifiers). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (105 grants) versus a trough of 61 in 2016. By volume, RF sits between Hypertherm, Inc. and Xyleco, Inc..

Hypertherm

166
Itrec B V

166
Massachusetts Eye…

166
Mcmaster Universi…

166
Stradvision

166
Temple University…

166
Ulvac

166
Xyleco

166
RF Micro Devices ◀

166

What this shows RF holds 166 patents at rank #2,363, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near RF

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,363 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H03F (Amplifiers)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for RF, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H03F (Amplifiers), RF ranks #22 of 791 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Microvision, Inc. 51 Virtual Hold Technology Solutions, LLC 51 Electrocore, Inc. 51 Ememory Technology Inc. 51

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.2 here).

TeraDiode, Inc. 22.2 avg Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company 22.2 avg Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen 22.2 avg Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH 22.2 avg

RF's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% 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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RF Micro Devices, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	105	63.3%
2016	61	36.7%

Which technologies does RF Micro Devices, Inc. patent most?

H03F - Amplifiers 71

H04B - Transmission 49

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 28

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 23

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 18

H03G - Control OF Amplification 15

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 14

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 11

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

H03K - Pulse Technique 7

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 6

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

Top 15 of 32 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

RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

RF Micro Devices, Inc.'s lead technology class is H03F (Amplifiers), 42.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H03F
Ranked #2,363 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare RF Micro Devices, Inc. against Hypertherm, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.0/100 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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