Where does STMicroelectronics International N.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), STMicroelectronics International N.V. ranks #573 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 STMicroelectronics International N.V. hold?

STMicroelectronics International N.V. holds 787 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 83 technology areas.

What is STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s Innovation Score?

STMicroelectronics International N.V. has an Innovation Score of 69.0 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%).

What technology areas does STMicroelectronics International N.V. focus on?

STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 196 patents. Grants appear in 83 CPC subclasses total.

Is STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s patents?

STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s patents average 21.4 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 STMicroelectronics International N.V. 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

STMicroelectronics International N.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 787 granted patents across 83 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Stmicroelectronics ranks #573 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 787 patents across 83 technology areas.

#573
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (69.0/100): 21.4
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R573 · Foreign Corporation #573 · 787 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 787 grants
TOP-DECILE #573/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbott Diabetes Care
CPC-WIDE G06F · 83 areas
INNOV-STRONG 69.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (±1 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
The Secretary of… · near

69
Zoll Medical · near

69
Panasonic Intellectu… · near

69
Illinois Tool Works · near

69
STMicroelectronics… · this assignee

69
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stmicroelectronics's Innovation Score is 69.0/100 (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 Stmicroelectronics's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, STMicroelectronics International N.V. received 319 grants versus 373 in 2015–2019 (-14% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 91 grants and bottomed in 2020 at 49. Lead class G06F accounts for 24.9% of the portfolio across 83 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Gentex Corporation (#569) and Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. (#577).

Stmicroelectronics's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, STMicroelectronics International N.V. moved from 175 to 212 grants (1.21x 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 #771. See the growth leaderboard.

Gentex

790
Yeti Coolers

789
Abbott Diabetes C…

788
Yokogawa Electric

788
Stmicroelectronic… ◀

787
National Tsing HU…

783
Snecma

783
Osram Oled

781
Mitsubishi Electr…

780

What this shows STMicroelectronics holds 787 patents at rank #573, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near STMicroelectronics

By rank, the assignees closest to #573 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (69 here).

Illinois Tool Works Inc. 69 Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. 69 Zoll Medical Corporation 69 The Secretary of State for Defence 69

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.4 here).

InvenSense, Inc. 21.4 avg Rolex SA 21.4 avg Treace Medical Concepts, Inc. 21.4 avg Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP 21.4 avg

Stmicroelectronics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

69 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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STMicroelectronics International N.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	77	9.8%
2016	91	11.6%
2017	76	9.7%
2018	61	7.8%
2019	68	8.6%
2020	49	6.2%
2021	58	7.4%
2022	66	8.4%
2023	69	8.8%
2024	77	9.8%
2025partial year	95	12.1%

Which technologies does STMicroelectronics International N.V. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 196

G11C - Static Stores 162

H03K - Pulse Technique 158

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 82

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 63

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 58

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 54

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 52

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 50

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 47

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 40

H04B - Transmission 35

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 30

H03F - Amplifiers 29

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 28

Top 15 of 83 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#573

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

69.0 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

STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

STMicroelectronics International N.V.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 24.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #573 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare STMicroelectronics International N.V. against Gentex Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 69.0/100 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

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