Where does Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC ranks #13,776 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 Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC hold?

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's Innovation Score?

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC has an Innovation Score of 47.5 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC focus on?

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 15 patents, ranking #328 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's patents?

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's patents average 16.0 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 Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC 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

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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, Vishay ranks #13,776 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 4 technology areas.

#13,776
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.5/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13776 · US Corporation #13,776 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,776/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vandewiele
CPC-NARROW H10D · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vandewiele NV (±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 Vishay’s 47.5 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 10.8 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (42%) Breadth 7.1 pts (15%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (20%)

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What this shows Vishay's Innovation Score is 47.5/100 (top 18% 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 Vishay?

Each dot is one of Vishay’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). Vishay’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Vishay's grants concentrate

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 68.2% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Vishay sits between Vasco Data Security, Inc. and Vascular Pathways, Inc..

Vishay's three-year grant acceleration

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

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Vefxi

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Versabar

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Vode Lighting

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Vtech

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Vandewiele

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What this shows Vishay holds 22 patents at rank #13,766, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Vishay

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,766 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Vishay's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	45.5%
2016	4	18.2%
2017	1	4.5%
2018	3	13.6%
2022	2	9.1%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 15

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Top 4 of 4 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

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC's lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 68.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #13,776 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vishay General Semiconductor, LLC against Vasco Data Security, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.5/100 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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