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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Xilinx, Inc. ranks #246 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 Xilinx, Inc. hold?

Xilinx, Inc. holds 1,718 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 72 technology areas.

What is Xilinx, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Xilinx, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 66.4 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 Xilinx, Inc. focus on?

Xilinx, Inc.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 926 patents. Grants appear in 72 CPC subclasses total.

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

Xilinx, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +17% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

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

Xilinx, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Xilinx, 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

Xilinx, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,718 granted patents across 72 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, Xilinx ranks #246 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,718 patents across 72 technology areas.

#246
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.4/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R246 · US Corporation #246 · 1,718 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #246/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Automotive…
CPC-WIDE G06F · 72 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Automotive Systems, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Volkswagen Aktienges… · near

66
CreeLED · near

66
Generac Power Systems · near

66
SPM Oil & Gas · near

66
Xilinx · this assignee

66
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Xilinx's Innovation Score is 66.4/100 (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.

How Xilinx's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Xilinx, Inc. received 890 grants versus 762 in 2015–2019 (+17% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 269 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 116. Lead class G06F accounts for 53.9% of the portfolio across 72 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Globus Medical, Inc. (#242) and GoPro, Inc. (#250).

Xilinx's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Xilinx, Inc. moved from 643 to 419 grants (0.65x 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 #2,304. See the growth leaderboard.

Globus Medical

1,728
Merck Patent

1,728
THE Johns Hopkins…

1,727
Hitachi Automotiv…

1,718
Xilinx ◀

1,718
Wuhan China Star…

1,717
HTC

1,709
Kawasaki Jukogyo

1,705
Gopro

1,698

What this shows Xilinx holds 1,718 patents at rank #246, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Xilinx

By rank, the assignees closest to #246 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (66 here).

CreeLED, Inc. 66 SPM Oil & Gas Inc. 66 Generac Power Systems, Inc. 66 Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft 66

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

AO Kaspersky Lab 18.9 avg Rosemount Inc. 18.9 avg Integral Ad Science, Inc. 18.9 avg ZF Passive Safety Systems, US Inc. 18.9 avg

Xilinx's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

66 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 · 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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Xilinx, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	169	9.8%
2016	152	8.8%
2017	132	7.7%
2018	137	8.0%
2019	172	10.0%
2020	269	15.7%
2021	202	11.8%
2022	162	9.4%
2023	141	8.2%
2024	116	6.8%
2025partial year	66	3.8%

Which technologies does Xilinx, Inc. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 926

H03K - Pulse Technique 318

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 317

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 196

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 148

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 121

G11C - Static Stores 112

H04B - Transmission 88

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 75

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 69

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 65

H03F - Amplifiers 53

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 48

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 26

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 24

Top 15 of 72 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#246

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.4 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

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

Xilinx, Inc.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 53.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #246 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Xilinx, Inc. against Globus Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.4/100 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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