Where does Vishay Semiconductor GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Vishay Semiconductor GMBH ranks #18,269 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 Semiconductor GMBH hold?

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Vishay Semiconductor GMBH's Innovation Score?

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH has an Innovation Score of 41.5 out of 100 (top 33% 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 Semiconductor GMBH focus on?

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 5 patents, ranking #1,398 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Vishay Semiconductor GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH's recent grant velocity is +1300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Vishay Semiconductor GMBH's patents?

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH'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 Vishay Semiconductor GMBH 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

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 17 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Vishay ranks #18,269 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 17 technology areas.

#18,269
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.5/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: +1300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18269 · Foreign Corporation #18,269 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #18,269/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Vaco PAK Industries
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Vaco PAK Industries Ltd. (±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 41.5 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 9.8 pts (24%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Vishay Semiconductor · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Vishay's Innovation Score is 41.5/100 (top 33% 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 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.2 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 Semiconductor GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 31.3% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Vishay sits between Vaco PAK Industries Ltd. and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.

Vishay's three-year grant acceleration

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Vaco PAK Industri…

16
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16
Veritone

16
Victor Stanley

16
Vision Quest Indu…

16
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16
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16
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16

What this shows Vishay holds 16 patents at rank #18,254, 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 #18,254 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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)

42 Top 33% higher than 67% 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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Vishay Semiconductor GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2020	4	25.0%
2021	3	18.8%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	2	12.5%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Vishay Semiconductor GMBH patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 5

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

H04B - Transmission 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 1

Top 15 of 17 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 Semiconductor GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Vishay Semiconductor GMBH's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 31.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #18,269 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Vishay Semiconductor GMBH against Vaco PAK Industries Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.5/100 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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