Where does TDK—Micronas GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TDK—Micronas GmbH ranks #4,739 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 TDK—Micronas GmbH hold?

TDK—Micronas GmbH holds 74 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is TDK—Micronas GmbH's Innovation Score?

TDK—Micronas GmbH has an Innovation Score of 42.4 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does TDK—Micronas GmbH focus on?

TDK—Micronas GmbH's top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 42 patents, ranking #142 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is TDK—Micronas GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TDK—Micronas GmbH's recent grant velocity is -41% 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 TDK—Micronas GmbH's patents?

TDK—Micronas GmbH's patents average 13.3 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 TDK—Micronas 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

TDK—Micronas GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 74 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tdk—micronas ranks #4,739 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 74 patents across 24 technology areas.

#4,739
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.4/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4739 · Foreign Corporation #4,739 · 74 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 74 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,739/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seereal
CPC-FOCUS G01R · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seereal Technologies S.A. (±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 Tdk—micronas’s 42.4 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 14.9 pts (35%) Velocity 2.2 pts (5%) Breadth 17.3 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arthrosurface… · near

42
Inogen · near

42
TDK—Micronas · this assignee

42
Tianma Advanced… · near

42
Refinitiv US… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tdk—micronas's Innovation Score is 42.4/100 (top 31% 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 Tdk—micronas?

Each dot is one of Tdk—micronas’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). Tdk—micronas’s own 13.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tdk—micronas's grants concentrate

TDK—Micronas GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 56.8% of grants classified under G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (21 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Tdk—micronas sits between Seereal Technologies S.A. and Universite Paris-saclay.

Tdk—micronas's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TDK—Micronas GmbH moved from 27 to 9 grants (0.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Seereal

74
Solystic

74
Sotera Wireless

74
Taiyo Nippon Sanso

74
Teva Pharmaceutic…

74
Teijin Pharma

74
Tokyo Seimitsu

74
Universite Paris-…

74
TDK—Micronas ◀

74

What this shows TDK—Micronas holds 74 patents at rank #4,739, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TDK—Micronas

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,739 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in TDK—Micronas's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TDK—Micronas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01R (Measuring Electric Variables), TDK—Micronas ranks #142 of 3,424 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Arthrosurface Incorporated 42 Inogen, Inc. 42 Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. 42 Refinitiv US Organization LLC 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.3 here).

Somfy Activites SA 13.3 avg Achates Power, Inc. 13.3 avg Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie S.R.L. 13.3 avg Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. 13.3 avg

Tdk—micronas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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TDK—Micronas GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	16	21.6%
2018	21	28.4%
2019	9	12.2%
2020	11	14.9%
2021	7	9.5%
2022	7	9.5%
2023	2	2.7%
2025partial year	1	1.4%

Which technologies does TDK—Micronas GmbH patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 42

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 28

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 17

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 7

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 1

Top 15 of 24 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

TDK—Micronas GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TDK—Micronas GmbH's lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 56.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #4,739 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TDK—Micronas GmbH against Seereal Technologies S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.4/100 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

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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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