Where does Silicon Laboratories Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Silicon Laboratories Inc. ranks #543 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 Silicon Laboratories Inc. hold?

Silicon Laboratories Inc. holds 825 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 76 technology areas.

What is Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Silicon Laboratories Inc. has an Innovation Score of 64.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s patents?

Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s patents average 19.4 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 Silicon Laboratories 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

Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Silicon Laboratories Inc. focus on?

Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 184 patents. Grants appear in 76 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 825 granted patents across 76 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Silicon ranks #543 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 825 patents across 76 technology areas.

#543
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.8/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R543 · US Corporation #543 · 825 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 825 grants
TOP-DECILE #543/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai United…
CPC-WIDE H04L · 76 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Xtpl · near

65
Canon Medical Systems · near

65
HON HAI Precision… · near

65
Silicon Laboratories · this assignee

65
Konica Minolta · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Silicon's Innovation Score is 64.8/100 (top 1% 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.

How Silicon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Silicon Laboratories Inc. received 371 grants versus 405 in 2015–2019 (-8% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 110 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 58. Lead class H04L accounts for 22.3% of the portfolio across 76 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Corning Optical Communications LLC (#539) and NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. (#547).

Silicon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Silicon Laboratories Inc. moved from 261 to 194 grants (0.74x 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 #2,006. See the growth leaderboard.

Corning Optical C…

828
Stmicroelectronic…

828
University of Mas…

828
Shanghai United I…

825
Silicon Laborator… ◀

825
E Ink Holdings

824
Kaneka

824
Industry-academic…

823
NGK Spark Plug

823

What this shows Silicon holds 825 patents at rank #543, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Silicon

By rank, the assignees closest to #543 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Silicon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Canon Medical Systems Corporation 65 HON HAI Precision Industry Co., Ltd. 65 Xtpl S.A. 65 Konica Minolta, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

CA, Inc. 19.4 avg III Holdings 12, LLC 19.4 avg ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC 19.4 avg Siemens Healthineers International AG 19.4 avg

Silicon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Silicon Laboratories Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	92	11.2%
2016	71	8.6%
2017	84	10.2%
2018	74	9.0%
2019	84	10.2%
2020	110	13.3%
2021	67	8.1%
2022	58	7.0%
2023	76	9.2%
2024	60	7.3%
2025partial year	49	5.9%

Which technologies does Silicon Laboratories Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 184

H04B - Transmission 172

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 142

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 128

H03K - Pulse Technique 111

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 104

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 74

H03F - Amplifiers 72

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 71

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 60

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 50

H03B - Generation OF Oscillations, Directly OR BY Frequency-changing, BY Circuits Employing Active Elements Which Operate IN A Non-switching MANNER; Generation OF Noise BY Such Circuits 46

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 44

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 33

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 32

Top 15 of 76 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#543

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

64.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 22.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #543 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Silicon Laboratories Inc. against Corning Optical Communications LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.8/100 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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