Where does TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. ranks #8,501 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. hold?

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. holds 38 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s patents?

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s patents average 19.2 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 TSMC Solid State Lighting 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

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. focus on?

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s top technology area is H10H (INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS) with 30 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 38 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: H10H (INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, TSMC ranks #8,501 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 38 patents across 14 technology areas.

#8,501
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8501 · Foreign Corporation #8,501 · 38 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 38 grants
UPPER-Q #8,501/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Taiheiyo Cement
CPC-FOCUS H10H · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Japan Polypropylene · near

37
China Pharmaceutical… · near

37
Daesang · near

37
The Research Foundat… · near

37
TSMC Solid State Lig… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #8,501 of 50,000; Innovation Score 37.4/100 sits in the top 44% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. has been granted 38 US utility patents between 2015 and 2016, placing TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. at #8,501 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 14 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.2 claims per patent with primary concentration in H10H (INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS). As a Foreign Corporation, TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, TSMC sits between Total SE (38 patents, rank #8,490) and The USA, As Represented By The Secretary, Dept. Of Health And Human Services (38 patents, rank #8,498) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 37.4/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 38 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd.'s 19.2 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 14 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

Total SE

38
Towerstar PETS

38
Traffix Devices

38
Trumpf Huettinger…

38
Taiheiyo Cement

38
Tekion

38
The GSI Group

38
The USA as repres…

38
TSMC Solid State… ◀

38

What this shows TSMC holds 38 patents at rank #8,494, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near TSMC

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,494 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10H (Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Pot…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for TSMC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

China Pharmaceutical University 37 The Research Foundation For Mental Hygiene, Inc 37 Daesang Corporation 37 Japan Polypropylene Corporation 37

TSMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 50,000 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	36	94.7%
2016	2	5.3%

Which technologies does TSMC Solid State Lighting Ltd. patent most?

H10H - INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS 30

H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NOT COVERED BY CLASS H10 20

F21V - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 10

F21Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED 9

F21K - NON-ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES USING LUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES USING CHARGES OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL; LIGHT SOURCES USING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AS LIGHT-GENERATING ELEMENTS; LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 7

F21S - NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS 6

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 3

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 3

H05B - ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL 2

B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES 2

Y02B - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS 1

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 1

H10D - INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES 1

H05K - PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#8,501

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

37.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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