Where does Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. ranks #13,720 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 Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. hold?

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. focus on?

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 14 patents, ranking #348 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patents average 7.3 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 Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 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

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Taiwan ranks #13,720 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 6 technology areas.

#13,720
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 7.3
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13720 · Foreign Corporation #13,720 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,720/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stertil B V
CPC-NARROW H10D · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stertil B.V. (±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 Taiwan’s 41.6 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 10.8 pts (26%) Velocity 17.8 pts (43%) Breadth 8.7 pts (21%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Taiwan's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Taiwan?

Each dot is one of Taiwan’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). Taiwan’s own 7.3 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Taiwan's grants concentrate

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Taiwan sits between Stertil B.V. and Teleflex Medical Devices S.À R.L..

Taiwan's three-year grant acceleration

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows Taiwan holds 22 patents at rank #13,717, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Taiwan

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,717 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Taiwan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.5%
2017	2	9.1%
2018	7	31.8%
2019	2	9.1%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	3	13.6%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 14

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #13,720 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Taiwan Semiconductor Co., Ltd. against Stertil B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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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