Silicon Labs was founded in 1996 by Navdeep S Sooch and is doing business in designing and manufacturing semiconductors, other silicon devices and software contributing to Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure worldwide. As of October 2021, Silicon Labs has a market cap of $6.20 Billion.
Silicon Labs has a total of 2271 patents globally, out of which 1546 have been granted. Of these 2271 patents, more than 59% patents are active. The United States of America is where Silicon Labs has filed maximum number of patents, followed by China and Germany and it also seems reasonable as the biggest market for Silicon Labs is the USA, it has generated annual revenue of $0.88 billion in the year 2021. Parallelly, USA seems to be the main focused R&D center and is also the origin country of Silicon Labs.
Do read about some of the most popular patents of Silicon Labs which have been covered by us in this article and also you can find Silicon Labs’s patents information, the worldwide patent filing activity and its patent filing trend over the years, and many other stats over Silicon Labs’s patent portfolio.
How many patents does Silicon Labs have?
Silicon Labs has a total of 2271 patents globally. These patents belong to 1233 unique patent families. Out of 2271 patents, 1341 patents are active.
How many Silicon Labs patents are Alive/Dead?
Worldwide Patents
Patent Families
How Many Patents did Silicon Labs File Every Year?
Are you wondering why there is a drop in patent filing for the last two years? It is because a patent application can take up to 18 months to get published. Certainly, it doesn’t suggest a decrease in the patent filing.
| Years of Patent Filing or Grant | Silicon Labs Application Filed | Silicon Labs Patents Granted |
| 2021 | 9 | 152 |
| 2020 | 73 | 151 |
| 2019 | 104 | 155 |
| 2018 | 130 | 125 |
| 2017 | 106 | 127 |
| 2016 | 102 | 88 |
| 2015 | 98 | 111 |
| 2014 | 99 | 112 |
| 2013 | 89 | 113 |
| 2012 | 107 | 124 |
| 2011 | 111 | 124 |
How Many Patents did Silicon Labs File in Different Countries?
Countries in which Silicon Labs Filed Patents
| Country | Patents |
| United States Of America | 1544 |
| China | 262 |
| Germany | 135 |
| Europe | 64 |
| Korea (South) | 21 |
| Australia | 20 |
| Singapore | 15 |
| Taiwan | 14 |
| Japan | 13 |
| Finland | 13 |
| United Kingdom | 8 |
| Austria | 8 |
| Hong Kong (S.A.R.) | 6 |
| India | 3 |
| France | 1 |
Where are Research Centers of Silicon Labs Patents Located?
10 Best Silicon Labs Patents
US20100245289A1 is the most popular patent in the Silicon Labs portfolio. It has received 194 citations so far from companies like Apple Computer Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Seiko Epson.
Below is the list of 10 most cited patents of Silicon Labs:
| Publication Number | Citation Count |
| US20100245289A1 | 194 |
| US20100245286A1 | 185 |
| US7486386B1 | 184 |
| US20080170511A1 | 183 |
| US6856236B2 | 180 |
| US6944697B2 | 173 |
| US6323735B1 | 151 |
| US6816933B1 | 145 |
| US6980080B2 | 132 |
| US7142835B2 | 129 |
Which Companies are using Silicon Labs Patents to Advance their Research?
If patents or patents from a particular technology area of a company receive a lot of citations, it implies that the technology is being followed and incrementally innovated by the citing companies. It also indicates that citing companies are working on similar and closely related technologies.
The top citing companies of the Silicon Labs patent portfolio are Qualcomm, Samsung and Texas Instruments.
| Company | Number of Patents |
| Qualcomm | 72 |
| Samsung | 60 |
| Texas Instruments | 49 |
| Infineon Technologies | 34 |
| Intel | 34 |
| Analog Devices | 33 |
| Apple | 32 |
| Avago Technologies | 26 |
| Mediatek | 25 |
| Morgan Stanley | 22 |
Count of 102 and 103 Type Rejections based on Silicon Labs Patents
Top Silicon Labs Patents used in Rejecting Most Patent Applications
| Patent Number | Count of Rejecting Applications |
| US20100245289A1 | 26 |
| US20110157068A1 | 19 |
| US8041227B2 | 18 |
| US7163148B2 | 17 |
| US7486386B1 | 15 |
| US20120001841A1 | 13 |
| US8704152B2 | 12 |
| US7385453B2 | 11 |
| US20100245286A1 | 11 |
| US20120162636A1 | 11 |
What Percentage of Silicon Labs US Patent Applications were Granted?
Silicon Labs (Excluding its subsidiaries) has filed 1939 patent applications at USPTO so far (Excluding Design and PCT applications). Out of these 1646 have been granted leading to a grant rate of 88.69%.
Which Law Firms Filed Most US Patents for Silicon Labs?
| Law Firm | Total Application | Success Rate |
| Silicon Laboratories Inc | 755 | 100.00% |
| Trop Pruner & Hu P C | 230 | 89.52% |
| Maximillian R Peterson | 118 | 67.65% |
| Munck Wilson Mandala L L P | 115 | 88.50% |
| Polansky & Associates P L L C | 115 | 96.33% |
| Cesari & Reed L L P | 83 | 86.75% |
| Kowert Hood Munyon Rankin & Goetzel P C | 70 | 90.91% |
| Egan Peterman Enders & Huston Llp | 68 | 67.65% |
| Procopio Cory Hargreaves & Savitch Llp Qualcomm | 65 | 95.31% |
| Huffman Law Group P C | 43 | 97.37% |
Silicon Labs’s mission: “To empower developers to create wirelessly connected devices that transform industries, grow economies and improve lives.“
Being a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology, Silicon Labs‘s integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, unmatched ecosystem and robust support make it ideal in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. Silicon Labs have “innovators” dedicated to solving consumers’ toughest challenges with breakthrough connected solutions. It helps the developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle and focus on innovation and simplicity, eliminating the unnecessary and perfecting the essentials as and when required.
What are Silicon Labs‘s key innovation segments?
What Technologies are Covered by Silicon Labs Patents?
The chart below distributes patents filed by Silicon Labs in different countries on the basis of the technology protected in patents. It also represents the markets where Silicon Labs thinks it’s important to protect particular technology inventions.
R&D Focus: How Silicon Labs Research Focus Changed Over the Years?
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