Where does Synaptics Display Devices GK rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Synaptics Display Devices GK ranks #9,891 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 Synaptics Display Devices GK hold?

Synaptics Display Devices GK holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Synaptics Display Devices GK's Innovation Score?

Synaptics Display Devices GK has an Innovation Score of 33.1 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Synaptics Display Devices GK's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Synaptics Display Devices GK's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Synaptics Display Devices GK's patents?

Synaptics Display Devices GK's patents average 16.4 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 Synaptics Display Devices GK 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

Synaptics Display Devices GK

Q: What technology areas does Synaptics Display Devices GK focus on?

Synaptics Display Devices GK's top technology area is G09G (Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information) with 13 patents, ranking #255 of 1,688 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: G09G (Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Synaptics ranks #9,891 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 10 technology areas.

#9,891
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (33.1/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9891 · Foreign Corporation #9,891 · 32 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,891/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Spiber
CPC-FOCUS G09G · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Spiber Inc. (±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 Synaptics’s 33.1 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 12.1 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cognito Therapeutics · near

33
Karyopharm Therapeut… · near

33
Synaptics Display… · this assignee

33
Tecmen · near

33
Umbra · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Synaptics's Innovation Score is 33.1/100 (43rd percentile 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 Synaptics?

Each dot is one of Synaptics’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). Synaptics’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Synaptics's grants concentrate

Synaptics Display Devices GK is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 40.6% of grants classified under G09G (Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (26 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2015. By volume, Synaptics sits between Spiber Inc. and Thalmic Labs Inc..

Spiber

32
Spineology

32
Sprintray

32
Stress Engineerin…

32
Synthon B V

32
Tagivan II

32
Tait Towers Manuf…

32
Thalmic Labs

32
Synaptics Display… ◀

32

What this shows Synaptics holds 32 patents at rank #9,890, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Synaptics

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,890 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G09G (Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Device…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Synaptics, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G09G (Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Device…), Synaptics ranks #255 of 1,688 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Tecmen Electronics Co., Ltd 33 Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. 33 Umbra LLC 33 Cognito Therapeutics, Inc. 33

Synaptics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Synaptics Display Devices GK patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	18.8%
2016	26	81.3%

Which technologies does Synaptics Display Devices GK patent most?

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 13

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 11

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 4

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 2

G11C - Static Stores 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Synaptics Display Devices GK's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Synaptics Display Devices GK's lead technology class is G09G (Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information), 40.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G09G
Ranked #9,891 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Synaptics Display Devices GK against Spiber Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.1/100 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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