Where does Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH ranks #7,626 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 Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH hold?

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH holds 43 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's Innovation Score?

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH has an Innovation Score of 42.9 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH focus on?

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 37 patents, ranking #387 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's patents?

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's patents average 15.7 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 Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH 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

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 43 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Suss ranks #7,626 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 43 patents across 25 technology areas.

#7,626
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (42.9/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7626 · Foreign Corporation #7,626 · 43 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 43 grants
UPPER-Q #7,626/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Saverglass
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Saverglass (±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 Suss’s 42.9 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 13.1 pts (31%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 17.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intevac · near

43
SG Gaming · near

43
Suss Microtec… · this assignee

43
TT · near

43
Versata Development… · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Suss's Innovation Score is 42.9/100 (top 29% 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 Suss?

Each dot is one of Suss’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). Suss’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Suss's grants concentrate

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 86% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Suss sits between Shibuya Corporation and Siltectra GmbH.

Suss's three-year grant acceleration

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Shibuya

43
Showa Denko Packa…

43
Standard CAR Truck

43
Sumitomo Electric…

43
Saverglass

43
Schleuniger

43
Shenzhen Oceanwin…

43
Siltectra

43
Suss Microtec Lit… ◀

43

What this shows Suss holds 43 patents at rank #7,620, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Suss

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,620 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Suss, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Suss ranks #387 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Intevac, Inc. 43 TT Technologies, Inc. 43 Versata Development Group, Inc. 43 SG Gaming, Inc. 43

Suss's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	7.0%
2016	4	9.3%
2017	5	11.6%
2018	7	16.3%
2019	6	14.0%
2020	5	11.6%
2021	6	14.0%
2022	3	7.0%
2023	2	4.7%
2024	2	4.7%

Which technologies does Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 37

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 15

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 6

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 5

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 4

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 3

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 86% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #7,626 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Suss Microtec Lithography GMBH against Shibuya Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.9/100 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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