Where does Yield Microelectronics Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yield Microelectronics Corp. ranks #17,373 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 Yield Microelectronics Corp. hold?

Yield Microelectronics Corp. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Yield Microelectronics Corp. has an Innovation Score of 32.3 out of 100 (41st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Yield Microelectronics Corp. focus on?

Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s top technology area is H10B (Electronic Memory Devices) with 16 patents, ranking #96 of 340 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s recent grant velocity is +33% 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 Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s patents?

Yield Microelectronics Corp.'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 Yield Microelectronics Corp. 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

Yield Microelectronics Corp.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H10B (Electronic Memory Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yield ranks #17,373 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 6 technology areas.

#17,373
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 41st percentile
by Innovation Score (32.3/100): 13.9
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17373 · Foreign Corporation #17,373 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,373/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Xiamen Xutu Optical…
CPC-NARROW H10B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Xiamen Xutu Optical Glasses Co., 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 Yield’s 32.3 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 10.0 pts (31%) Velocity 5.3 pts (16%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Yield Microelectronics · this assignee

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Yield's Innovation Score is 32.3/100 (41st percentile 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 Yield?

Each dot is one of Yield’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). Yield’s own 13.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Yield's grants concentrate

Yield Microelectronics Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 94.1% of grants classified under H10B (Electronic Memory Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Yield sits between Xiamen Xutu Optical Glasses Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Aiko Solar Energy Technology Co., Ltd..

Yield's three-year grant acceleration

Yield Microelectronics Corp. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Xiamen Xutu Optic…

17
Xiant

17
Ya-man

17
YIH Cheng Factory

17
Yutaka Giken

17
Zeroplus Technolo…

17
ZF Automotive Saf…

17
Zhejiang Aiko Sol…

17
Yield Microelectr… ◀

17

What this shows Yield holds 17 patents at rank #17,371, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yield

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,371 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10B (Electronic Memory Devices)

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

Yield's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 41st percentile higher than 41% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Yield Microelectronics Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	17.6%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	3	17.6%
2023	1	5.9%
2025partial year	3	17.6%

Which technologies does Yield Microelectronics Corp. patent most?

H10B - Electronic Memory Devices 16

G11C - Static Stores 14

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 6

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 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Yield Microelectronics Corp.'s lead technology class is H10B (Electronic Memory Devices), 94.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10B
Ranked #17,373 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Yield Microelectronics Corp. against Xiamen Xutu Optical Glasses Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.3/100 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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