Where does Wolfspeed, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wolfspeed, Inc. ranks #1,997 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 Wolfspeed, Inc. hold?

Wolfspeed, Inc. holds 201 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is Wolfspeed, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Wolfspeed, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 74.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Wolfspeed, Inc. focus on?

Wolfspeed, Inc.'s top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 127 patents, ranking #143 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

Is Wolfspeed, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Wolfspeed, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Wolfspeed, Inc.'s patents?

Wolfspeed, Inc.'s patents average 24.5 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 Wolfspeed, Inc. 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

Wolfspeed, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 201 granted patents across 35 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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, Wolfspeed ranks #1,997 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 201 patents across 35 technology areas.

#1,997
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (74.0/100): 24.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1997 · US Corporation #1,997 · 201 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MID 201 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,997/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Renesas America
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 35 areas
INNOV-STRONG 74.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Renesas Electronics America 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 Wolfspeed’s 74.0 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 18.3 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (27%) Breadth 20.9 pts (28%) Claim depth 14.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Skydio · near

74
Waymo · near

74
Wolfspeed · this assignee

74
Verizon Patent and… · near

74
ZTE · near

74
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wolfspeed's Innovation Score is 74.0/100 (top 1% 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 Wolfspeed?

Each dot is one of Wolfspeed’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). Wolfspeed’s own 24.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Wolfspeed's grants concentrate

Wolfspeed, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 63.2% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (67 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Wolfspeed sits between Renesas Electronics America Inc. and Linear Technology Holding LLC.

Wolfspeed's three-year grant acceleration

Wolfspeed, Inc. shows 159 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Renesas America

201
SMK

201
The Rockefeller U…

201
Valve

201
Wolfspeed ◀

201
Commscope of Nort…

200
Dongguan Luxshare

200
Enevate

200
Linear Technology…

200

What this shows Wolfspeed holds 201 patents at rank #1,997, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wolfspeed

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,997 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wolfspeed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), Wolfspeed ranks #143 of 3,373 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (74 here).

Waymo LLC 74 Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. 74 Skydio, Inc. 74 ZTE Corporation 74

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.5 here).

Ticona LLC 24.5 avg Nutanix, Inc. 24.5 avg Smart Technologies ULC 24.5 avg Tula eTechnology, Inc. 24.5 avg

Wolfspeed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

74 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Wolfspeed, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	1.0%
2022	44	21.9%
2023	67	33.3%
2024	48	23.9%
2025partial year	40	19.9%

Which technologies does Wolfspeed, Inc. patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 127

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 118

H03F - Amplifiers 31

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 18

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 15

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 10

H03K - Pulse Technique 8

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 7

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 7

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 6

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 5

H03H - Impedance Networks, e.g. Resonant CIRCUITS; Resonators 5

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 3

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 3

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

Top 15 of 35 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

Wolfspeed, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wolfspeed, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 63.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #1,997 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wolfspeed, Inc. against Renesas Electronics America Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 74.0/100 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.