Where does TeraDiode, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TeraDiode, Inc. ranks #3,786 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 TeraDiode, Inc. hold?

TeraDiode, Inc. holds 96 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is TeraDiode, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

TeraDiode, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.4 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TeraDiode, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TeraDiode, Inc.'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 TeraDiode, Inc.'s patents?

TeraDiode, Inc.'s patents average 22.2 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 TeraDiode, Inc. 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

TeraDiode, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does TeraDiode, Inc. focus on?

TeraDiode, Inc.'s top technology area is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical) with 71 patents, ranking #19 of 855 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 96 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Teradiode ranks #3,786 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 96 patents across 12 technology areas.

#3,786
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.4/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3786 · US Corporation #3,786 · 96 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 96 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,786/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rosemount Tank…
CPC-FOCUS H01S · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rosemount Tank Radar AB (±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 Teradiode’s 43.4 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 15.8 pts (36%) Velocity 2.0 pts (5%) Breadth 12.2 pts (28%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Anhui Huami… · near

43
Risen (SUZHOU)… · near

43
Scientific Design · near

43
TeraDiode · this assignee

43
Tohoku Techno Arch · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Teradiode's Innovation Score is 43.4/100 (top 28% 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 Teradiode?

Each dot is one of Teradiode’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). Teradiode’s own 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Teradiode's grants concentrate

TeraDiode, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 74% of grants classified under H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (19 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2023. By volume, Teradiode sits between Rosemount Tank Radar AB and Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc..

Teradiode's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, TeraDiode, Inc. moved from 46 to 14 grants (0.30x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Rosemount Tank Ra…

96
Shenzhen SNC Opto

96
Suncoke Technolog…

96
TRW Automotive U S

96
The Hospital for…

96
Universitat Zurich

96
University of Seo…

96
Vanda Pharmaceuti…

96
Teradiode ◀

96

What this shows TeraDiode holds 96 patents at rank #3,787, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TeraDiode

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,787 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TeraDiode, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimu…), TeraDiode ranks #19 of 855 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Anhui Huami Information Technology Co., Ltd. 43 Scientific Design Company, Inc. 43 Tohoku Techno Arch Co., Ltd. 43 Risen (SUZHOU) Pharma Tech Co., Ltd. 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.2 here).

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen 22.2 avg RF Micro Devices, Inc. 22.2 avg Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH 22.2 avg Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company 22.2 avg

Teradiode's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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TeraDiode, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.2%
2016	10	10.4%
2017	12	12.5%
2018	9	9.4%
2019	19	19.8%
2020	17	17.7%
2021	10	10.4%
2022	10	10.4%
2023	4	4.2%

Which technologies does TeraDiode, Inc. patent most?

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 71

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 68

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 23

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

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 8

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 3

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 2

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 2

Top 12 of 12 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

TeraDiode, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

TeraDiode, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01S (Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges), 74% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01S
Ranked #3,786 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare TeraDiode, Inc. against Rosemount Tank Radar AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.4/100 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

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.

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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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