Overall rank by patents
#7,206
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, UMC ranks #7,206 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 22 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R7206 · Foreign Corporation #7,206 · 46 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: THE J. David Gladstone Institutes (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Everseen · near
47 score
Imba—institut Für Mo… · near
47 score
National University… · near
47 score
Ontario Institute Fo… · near
47 score
UMC Utrecht Holding… · this assignee
47 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows UMC Utrecht Holding B.v. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #7,206 of 50,000; Innovation Score 47.4/100 sits in the top 19% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is THE J. David Gladstone Institutes (±0 grants).
UMC Utrecht Holding B.v. has been granted 46 US utility patents between 2016 and 2025, placing UMC Utrecht Holding B.v. at #7,206 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 22 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 16.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION). As a Foreign Corporation, UMC Utrecht Holding B.v. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, UMC sits between THE J. David Gladstone Institutes (46 patents, rank #7,201) and UPM Raflatac OY (46 patents, rank #7,209) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 47.4/100 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 31 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a +182% 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. UMC Utrecht Holding B.v.'s 16.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 22 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
THE J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES
46 patents
The Sollami Company
46 patents
TomTom Traffic B.V.
46 patents
Tomey Corporation
46 patents
UNITY OPTO TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
46 patents
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK—NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, Cork
46 patents
UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES
46 patents
UPM RAFLATAC OY
46 patents
UMC Utrecht Holding B.V.
46 patents
What this shows UMC holds 46 patents at rank #7,205, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #7,205 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in UMC's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for UMC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).
UMC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
47 Top 19% higher than 81% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 6.5% |
| 2017 | 2 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 5 | 10.9% |
| 2019 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 2020 | 5 | 10.9% |
| 2021 | 9 | 19.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 2.2% |
| 2023 | 9 | 19.6% |
| 2024 | 7 | 15.2% |
| 2025partial year | 4 | 8.7% |
Top 15 of 22 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#7,206
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.4 out of 100
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