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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Teradyne, Inc. ranks #2,616 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 Teradyne, Inc. hold?

Teradyne, Inc. holds 149 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Teradyne, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Teradyne, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.7 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Teradyne, Inc. focus on?

Teradyne, Inc.'s top technology area is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables) with 94 patents, ranking #56 of 3,424 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

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

Teradyne, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +28% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Teradyne, Inc.'s patents?

Teradyne, Inc.'s patents average 24.0 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 Teradyne, 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

Teradyne, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 149 granted patents across 55 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: G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Teradyne ranks #2,616 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 149 patents across 55 technology areas.

#2,616
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.7/100): 24.0
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2616 · US Corporation #2,616 · 149 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 149 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,616/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Moxtek
CPC-WIDE G01R · 55 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Moxtek, 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 Teradyne’s 63.7 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 17.3 pts (27%) Velocity 7.0 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 14.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AWI Licensing · near

64
Dana · near

64
Greatbatch · near

64
Sumitomo Heavy… · near

64
Teradyne · this assignee

64
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Teradyne's Innovation Score is 63.7/100 (top 2% 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 Teradyne?

Each dot is one of Teradyne’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). Teradyne’s own 24.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Teradyne's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Teradyne, Inc. received 82 grants versus 64 in 2015–2019 (+28% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 29 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 6. Lead class G01R accounts for 63.1% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Moxtek, Inc. (#2,612) and ZIH Corp. (#2,620).

Teradyne's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Teradyne, Inc. moved from 46 to 48 grants (1.04x 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 #1,077. See the growth leaderboard.

Moxtek

149
Nippon Seiki

149
Politecnico di Mi…

149
Silanna Asia Pte

149
The Hong Kong Pol…

149
Thunder Power New…

149
Varjo 0y

149
ZIH

149
Teradyne ◀

149

What this shows Teradyne holds 149 patents at rank #2,616, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Teradyne

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,616 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01R (Measuring Electric Variables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Teradyne, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01R (Measuring Electric Variables), Teradyne ranks #56 of 3,424 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (64 here).

Greatbatch Ltd. 64 Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 64 Dana Limited 64 AWI Licensing LLC 64

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.0 here).

Ayar Labs, Inc. 24.0 avg Viasat, Inc. 24.0 avg Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC 24.0 avg Mapper Lithography IP B.V. 24.1 avg

Teradyne's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

64 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Teradyne, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	9.4%
2016	11	7.4%
2017	14	9.4%
2018	13	8.7%
2019	12	8.1%
2020	13	8.7%
2021	21	14.1%
2022	29	19.5%
2023	6	4.0%
2024	13	8.7%
2025partial year	3	2.0%

Which technologies does Teradyne, Inc. patent most?

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 94

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 20

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 14

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 14

H04B - Transmission 13

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 10

H03K - Pulse Technique 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 4

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 4

G11C - Static Stores 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 3

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 3

Top 15 of 55 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

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

Teradyne, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01R (Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables), 63.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01R
Ranked #2,616 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Teradyne, Inc. against Moxtek, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.7/100 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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