Where does Socionext Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Socionext Inc. ranks #674 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 Socionext Inc. hold?

Socionext Inc. holds 668 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 74 technology areas.

What is Socionext Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Socionext Inc. has an Innovation Score of 61.7 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Socionext Inc. focus on?

Socionext Inc.'s top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 205 patents, ranking #61 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 74 CPC subclasses total.

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

Socionext Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -19% 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 Socionext Inc.'s patents?

Socionext Inc.'s patents average 12.7 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 Socionext 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 Foreign Corporation

Socionext Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 668 granted patents across 74 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Socionext ranks #674 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 668 patents across 74 technology areas.

#674
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.7/100): 12.7
avg claims per patent: -19%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R674 · Foreign Corporation #674 · 668 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 668 grants
TOP-DECILE #674/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Takeda Pharmaceutical
CPC-WIDE H10D · 74 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -19% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (±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 Socionext’s 61.7 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 22.5 pts (36%) Velocity 6.6 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.6 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SK Innovation · near

62
James R Glidewell… · near

62
Oregon Health &… · near

62
Socionext · this assignee

62
Duke Manufacturing · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Socionext's Innovation Score is 61.7/100 (top 3% 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 Socionext?

Each dot is one of Socionext’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). Socionext’s own 12.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Socionext's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Socionext Inc. received 277 grants versus 343 in 2015–2019 (-19% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 95 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 42. Lead class H10D accounts for 30.7% of the portfolio across 74 subclasses. Volume neighbours: ATI Technologies ULC (#670) and Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH (#678).

Socionext's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Socionext Inc. moved from 163 to 162 grants (0.99x 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 #1,201. See the growth leaderboard.

ATI ULC

669
BAE Systems

669
Kuraray

669
King Abdullah Uni…

669
Takeda Pharmaceut…

668
Socionext ◀

668
thyssenkrupp

665
Groupon

664
Boehringer Ingelh…

662

What this shows Socionext holds 668 patents at rank #674, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Socionext

By rank, the assignees closest to #674 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Socionext, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), Socionext ranks #61 of 1,402 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Oregon Health & Science University 62 James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics, Inc. 62 Duke Manufacturing Co. 62 SK Innovation Co., Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.7 here).

Bemis Manufacturing Company 12.7 avg adidas AG 12.8 avg Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH 12.8 avg LG Energy Solution, Ltd. 12.8 avg

Socionext's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

View data table

Socionext Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	64	9.6%
2016	95	14.2%
2017	81	12.1%
2018	55	8.2%
2019	48	7.2%
2020	70	10.5%
2021	45	6.7%
2022	58	8.7%
2023	42	6.3%
2024	62	9.3%
2025partial year	48	7.2%

Which technologies does Socionext Inc. patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 205

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 150

H03K - Pulse Technique 126

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 116

G11C - Static Stores 75

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 63

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 61

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 49

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 42

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 37

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 29

H03F - Amplifiers 28

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 27

H04B - Transmission 25

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 22

Top 15 of 74 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

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

Socionext Inc.'s lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 30.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #674 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Socionext Inc. against ATI Technologies ULC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.7/100 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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