Where does Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. ranks #15,686 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 Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. hold?

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 9 patents, ranking #3,920 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 25.6 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 Tessera Advanced Technologies, 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

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 8 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, Tessera ranks #15,686 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 8 technology areas.

#15,686
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 25.6
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15686 · US Corporation #15,686 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,686/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Telesair
CPC-NARROW G06F · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Telesair, 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 Tessera’s 35.4 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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
American Wave Machines · near

35
Fractus · near

35
Kyphon SÀRL · near

35
Tessera Advanced · this assignee

35
Lion Semiconductor · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tessera's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 50% 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 Tessera?

Each dot is one of Tessera’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). Tessera’s own 25.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tessera's grants concentrate

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 47.4% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Tessera sits between Telesair, Inc. and The Ohio State University Research Foundation.

Telesair

19
Terarecon

19
Terra CO2 Technol…

19
Terravia Holdings

19
Testo

19
Teva Pharmaceutic…

19
The Hartford Stea…

19
The Ohio State Un…

19
Tessera Advanced ◀

19

What this shows Tessera holds 19 patents at rank #15,703, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tessera

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,703 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Tessera, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), Tessera ranks #3,920 of 13,878 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Fractus, S.A. 35 Kyphon SÀRL 35 American Wave Machines, Inc. 35 Lion Semiconductor Inc. 35

Tessera's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% 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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Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.8%
2016	4	21.1%
2017	5	26.3%
2018	3	15.8%
2019	2	10.5%
2020	1	5.3%
2025partial year	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 9

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 47.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #15,686 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tessera Advanced Technologies, Inc. against Telesair, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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.

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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