Overall rank by patents
#30,241
of 49,997 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, ST ranks #30,241 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 3 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R30241 · Foreign Corporation #30,241 · 9 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH
Nearest grant-volume peer: SPGPrints B.V. (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
ST Engineering… · this assignee
44 score
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows ST's Innovation Score is 44.1/100 (top 26% 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.
ST Engineering Idirect (EUROPE) CY NV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H04B (Transmission). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, ST sits between SPGPrints B.V. and Staubli Lyon.
ST Engineering Idirect (EUROPE) CY NV shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SPGPrints B.V.
9 patents
SPI Pharma, Inc.
9 patents
Spinnova OY
9 patents
Spreadtrum Semiconductor (NANJING) Co., Ltd.
9 patents
St-ericsson Semiconductor (BEIJING) Co., Ltd
9 patents
ST. Marianna University School OF Medicine
9 patents
Stabila Messgeräte Gustav Ullrich GmbH
9 patents
Staubli Lyon
9 patents
ST Engineering Idirect (EUROPE) CY NV
9 patents
What this shows ST holds 9 patents at rank #30,095, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #30,095 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in ST's primary technology class.
ST's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2022 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 22.2% |
| 2025partial year | 2 | 22.2% |
Top 3 of 3 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#30,241
of 49,997 tracked assignees
44.1 out of 100
What to do with this data
ST Engineering Idirect (EUROPE) CY NV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.
Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.
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