Overall rank by patents
#14,964
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 13 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: G05F (SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Stmicroelectronics ranks #14,964 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 13 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14964 · Foreign Corporation #14,964 · 20 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) (±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
Stmicroelectronics (… · this assignee
40 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Stmicroelectronics (china) Investment Co., Ltd stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,964 of 50,000; Innovation Score 40.3/100 sits in the top 36% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) (±0 grants).
Stmicroelectronics (china) Investment Co., Ltd has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Stmicroelectronics (china) Investment Co., Ltd at #14,964 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 13 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in G05F (SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES). As a Foreign Corporation, Stmicroelectronics (china) Investment Co., Ltd is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Stmicroelectronics sits between SSI Schäfer Automation Gmbh (at) (20 patents, rank #14,936) and Swiftlink Technologies Inc. (20 patents, rank #14,944) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 40.3/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 4 grants, compared with 12 in the 2015–2019 window, a -67% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Stmicroelectronics (china) Investment Co., Ltd's 17.3 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 13 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
SSI Schäfer Automation GmbH (AT)
20 patents
SSV Works, Inc.
20 patents
STAT-DIAGNOSTICA & INNOVATION, S.L.
20 patents
STICHTING WAGENINGEN RESEARCH
20 patents
STOKKE AS
20 patents
SUNRISE R&D HOLDINGS, LLC
20 patents
SWEMAC INNOVATION AB
20 patents
SWIFTLINK TECHNOLOGIES INC.
20 patents
STMICROELECTRONICS (CHINA) INVESTMENT CO., LTD
20 patents
What this shows Stmicroelectronics holds 20 patents at rank #14,940, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,940 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Stmicroelectronics's primary technology class.
Stmicroelectronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2016 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2017 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2019 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 20.0% |
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,964
of 50,000 tracked assignees
40.3 out of 100
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