Where does Samsung Research America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samsung Research America, Inc. ranks #30,012 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 Samsung Research America, Inc. hold?

Samsung Research America, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Samsung Research America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Samsung Research America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Samsung Research America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Samsung Research America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Samsung Research America, Inc.'s patents?

Samsung Research America, Inc.'s patents average 24.9 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 Samsung Research America, 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

Samsung Research America, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Samsung Research America, Inc. focus on?

Samsung Research America, Inc.'s top technology area is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures) with 6 patents, ranking #335 of 1,598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samsung ranks #30,012 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 15 technology areas.

#30,012
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 24.9
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30012 · US Corporation #30,012 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,012/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samelin Innovations
CPC-FOCUS B82Y · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samelin Innovations, 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 Samsung’s 36.6 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 8.0 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 14.9 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hoerbiger Antriebste… · near

37
Micrel · near

37
Samsung Research… · this assignee

37
Vanchip (TIANJIN)… · near

37
Wormhole Labs · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samsung's Innovation Score is 36.6/100 (top 46% 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 Samsung?

Each dot is one of Samsung’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). Samsung’s own 24.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Samsung's grants concentrate

Samsung Research America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Samsung sits between Samelin Innovations, LLC and Sasib S.P.A..

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9
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9
Samsung Engineeri…

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Samtech

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9
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9
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9
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9

What this shows Samsung holds 9 patents at rank #29,975, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samsung

By rank, the assignees closest to #29,975 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Samsung, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF Nanostructures), Samsung ranks #335 of 1,598 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Vanchip (TIANJIN) Technology Co., Ltd. 37 Wormhole Labs, Inc. 37 Hoerbiger Antriebstechnik Holding GmbH 37 Micrel, Inc. 37

Samsung's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Samsung Research America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2018	5	55.6%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	1	11.1%
2021	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Samsung Research America, Inc. patent most?

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 6

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Samsung Research America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Samsung Research America, Inc.'s lead technology class is B82Y (Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B82Y
Ranked #30,012 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samsung Research America, Inc. against Samelin Innovations, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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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