Where does Synaptics Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Synaptics Incorporated ranks #404 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 Incorporated hold?

Synaptics Incorporated holds 1,107 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 70 technology areas.

What is Synaptics Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Synaptics Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 65.0 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 Synaptics Incorporated focus on?

Synaptics Incorporated's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 772 patents. Grants appear in 70 CPC subclasses total.

Is Synaptics Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Synaptics Incorporated's recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Incorporated's patents?

Synaptics Incorporated's patents average 19.4 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 Incorporated 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 US Corporation

Synaptics Incorporated

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,107 granted patents across 70 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, Synaptics ranks #404 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,107 patents across 70 technology areas.

#404
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.0/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R404 · US Corporation #404 · 1,107 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.1K grants
TOP-DECILE #404/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Marvell Asia PTE
CPC-WIDE G06F · 70 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Marvell Asia PTE Ltd (±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
Idemitsu Kosan · near

65
Prime Planet Energy… · near

65
Synaptics Incorporated · this assignee

65
Krones · near

65
Autoliv Development AB · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Synaptics's Innovation Score is 65.0/100 (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 Synaptics's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Synaptics Incorporated received 439 grants versus 629 in 2015–2019 (-30% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 175 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 62. Lead class G06F accounts for 69.7% of the portfolio across 70 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (#400) and Target Brands, Inc. (#408).

Synaptics's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Synaptics Incorporated moved from 348 to 215 grants (0.62x 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 #2,398. See the growth leaderboard.

Regeneron Pharmac…

1,117
ASM IP Holding B V

1,116
Shenzhen China St…

1,116
Marvell Asia PTE

1,108
Synaptics Incorpo… ◀

1,107
Japan Aviation In…

1,104
Elwha

1,103
Dropbox

1,102
Target Brands

1,102

What this shows Synaptics holds 1,107 patents at rank #404, 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 #404 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc. 65 Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 65 Krones AG 65 Autoliv Development AB 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Donaldson Company, Inc. 19.4 avg Digimarc Corporation 19.4 avg Canon U.S.A., Inc. 19.4 avg Illuscio, Inc. 19.4 avg

Synaptics's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 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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Synaptics Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	79	7.1%
2016	102	9.2%
2017	149	13.5%
2018	175	15.8%
2019	124	11.2%
2020	100	9.0%
2021	124	11.2%
2022	81	7.3%
2023	72	6.5%
2024	62	5.6%
2025partial year	39	3.5%

Which technologies does Synaptics Incorporated patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 772

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 195

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 170

H03K - Pulse Technique 87

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 51

G10L - Speech Analysis Techniques OR Speech SYNTHESIS; Speech RECOGNITION; Speech OR Voice Processing TECHNIQUES; Speech OR Audio Coding OR Decoding 47

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 38

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 35

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 33

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 30

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 30

H03F - Amplifiers 26

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 25

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 24

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 23

Top 15 of 70 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#404

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

65.0 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

Synaptics Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Synaptics Incorporated's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 69.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #404 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Synaptics Incorporated against Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.0/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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