Where does Semtech Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Semtech Corporation ranks #2,597 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 Semtech Corporation hold?

Semtech Corporation holds 150 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Semtech Corporation's Innovation Score?

Semtech Corporation has an Innovation Score of 55.8 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Semtech Corporation focus on?

Semtech Corporation's top technology area is H04B (Transmission) with 47 patents, ranking #218 of 3,909 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

Is Semtech Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Semtech Corporation's recent grant velocity is +9% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Semtech Corporation's patents?

Semtech Corporation's patents average 17.3 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 Semtech Corporation 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

Semtech Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 150 granted patents across 39 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: H04B (Transmission).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Semtech ranks #2,597 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 150 patents across 39 technology areas.

#2,597
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: +9%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2597 · US Corporation #2,597 · 150 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 150 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,597/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH New Jersey Institute…
CPC-FOCUS H04B · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +9% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: New Jersey Institute of Technology (±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 Semtech’s 55.8 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 17.3 pts (31%) Velocity 5.9 pts (11%) Breadth 22.1 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dana TM4 · near

56
Salomon S · near

56
Semtech · this assignee

56
Swagelok · near

56
Kwangwoon University… · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Semtech's Innovation Score is 55.8/100 (top 7% 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 Semtech?

Each dot is one of Semtech’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). Semtech’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Semtech's grants concentrate

Semtech Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 31.3% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (21 grants) versus a trough of 8 in 2023. By volume, Semtech sits between Nextracker LLC and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Semtech's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Semtech Corporation moved from 46 to 41 grants (0.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,514. See the growth leaderboard.

Nextracker

150
New Jersey Instit…

150
Qingdao Haier Was…

150
Samsara

150
Thru Tubing Solut…

150
Thomas Jefferson…

150
Vesture

150
Worcester Polytec…

150
Semtech ◀

150

What this shows Semtech holds 150 patents at rank #2,597, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Semtech

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,597 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04B (Transmission)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Semtech, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04B (Transmission), Semtech ranks #218 of 3,909 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Salomon S.A.S. 56 Swagelok Company 56 Dana TM4 Inc. 56 Kwangwoon University Industry-academic Collaboration Foundation 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Palantir Technologies Inc. 17.3 avg WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC 17.3 avg ZF CV Systems Europe BV 17.3 avg Hunter Industries, Inc. 17.3 avg

Semtech's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 7% higher than 93% 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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Semtech Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	6.7%
2016	11	7.3%
2017	21	14.0%
2018	9	6.0%
2019	15	10.0%
2020	15	10.0%
2021	16	10.7%
2022	18	12.0%
2023	8	5.3%
2024	15	10.0%
2025partial year	12	8.0%

Which technologies does Semtech Corporation patent most?

H04B - Transmission 47

H03K - Pulse Technique 40

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 30

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 29

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 24

H04M - Telephonic Communication 17

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 17

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 15

H03F - Amplifiers 13

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 12

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 9

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 7

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 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

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 6

Top 15 of 39 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

Semtech Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Semtech Corporation's lead technology class is H04B (Transmission), 31.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04B
Ranked #2,597 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Semtech Corporation against Nextracker LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.8/100 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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