Where does Tower Semiconductors Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tower Semiconductors Ltd. ranks #43,723 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 Tower Semiconductors Ltd. hold?

Tower Semiconductors Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Tower Semiconductors Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 23.4 out of 100 (12th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Tower Semiconductors Ltd. focus on?

Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 5 patents, ranking #601 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s patents?

Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s patents average 17.5 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 Tower Semiconductors 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

Tower Semiconductors Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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, Tower ranks #43,723 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 3 technology areas.

#43,723
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 12th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.4/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43723 · Foreign Corporation #43,723 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,723/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Total Phase
CPC-NARROW H10D · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Total Phase, 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 Tower’s 23.4 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 6.7 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 6.1 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tower Semiconductors · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tower's Innovation Score is 23.4/100 (12th percentile 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 Tower?

Each dot is one of Tower’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). Tower’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Tower's grants concentrate

Tower Semiconductors Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Tower sits between Total Phase, Inc. and Trace Live Network Inc..

Total Phase

6
Total Safety U S

6
Totally New

6
Touch Point World…

6
Toyo Advanced

6
Toyo Machinery &…

6
Tracbeam

6
Trace Live Network

6
Tower Semiconduct… ◀

6

What this shows Tower holds 6 patents at rank #43,725, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tower

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,725 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Tower's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 12th percentile higher than 12% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Tower Semiconductors Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2020	2	33.3%
2021	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Tower Semiconductors Ltd. patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 3 of 3 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tower Semiconductors Ltd.'s lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #43,723 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tower Semiconductors Ltd. against Total Phase, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.