Where does Xiaomi rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Xiaomi ranks #862 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 Xiaomi hold?

Xiaomi holds 526 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 105 technology areas.

What is Xiaomi's Innovation Score?

Xiaomi has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Xiaomi focus on?

Xiaomi's top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 199 patents. Grants appear in 105 CPC subclasses total.

Is Xiaomi's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Xiaomi's recent grant velocity is -90% 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 Xiaomi's patents?

Xiaomi's patents average 13.9 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 Xiaomi 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

Xiaomi

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 526 granted patents across 105 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Xiaomi ranks #862 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 526 patents across 105 technology areas.

#862
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R862 · Foreign Corporation #862 · 526 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 526 grants
TOP-DECILE #862/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Arthrex
CPC-WIDE G06F · 105 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Arthrex, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amorepacific · near

55
Ecole Polytechnique · near

55
Jumio · near

55
Vorwerk & Interholding · near

55
Xiaomi · this assignee

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Xiaomi's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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.

How Xiaomi's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Xiaomi received 49 grants versus 474 in 2015–2019 (-90% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 187 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 2. Lead class G06F accounts for 37.8% of the portfolio across 105 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Waters Technologies Corporation (#858) and United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA (#866).

Xiaomi's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Xiaomi moved from 147 to 6 grants (0.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #3,241. See the growth leaderboard.

Waters

531
Arthrex

526
Johnson Matthey P…

526
Lyft

526
Xiaomi ◀

526
Echostar L L C

525
Transportation IP…

524
ELI Lilly AND

523
United States of…

523

What this shows Xiaomi holds 526 patents at rank #862, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Xiaomi

By rank, the assignees closest to #862 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

Amorepacific Corporation 55 Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GMBH 55 Ecole Polytechnique 55 Jumio Corporation 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.9 here).

Lite-on Technology Corporation 13.9 avg UNIVERSITÉ Paris DIDEROT—PARIS 7 13.9 avg KPR U.S., LLC 13.9 avg Diehl Aerospace GmbH 13.9 avg

Xiaomi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 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 · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Xiaomi patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	1.0%
2016	35	6.7%
2017	143	27.2%
2018	187	35.6%
2019	104	19.8%
2020	36	6.8%
2021	7	1.3%
2022	2	0.4%
2024	4	0.8%
2025partial year	3	0.6%

Which technologies does Xiaomi patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 199

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 141

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 139

H04M - Telephonic Communication 95

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 69

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 67

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 40

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 38

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 31

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 24

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 21

H04B - Transmission 20

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 18

G08C - Transmission Systems FOR Measured Values, Control OR Similar Signals 12

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 11

Top 15 of 105 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#862

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Xiaomi's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Xiaomi's lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 37.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #862 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Xiaomi against Waters Technologies Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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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