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Microchip Technology Incorporated (MCHP)

Nasdaq: MCHP · Semiconductors & Related Devices · Chandler, AZ · filing with the SEC since 1994
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

2,279 patents granted to the 8 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Microchip Technology Incorporated’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
2,279
2,275 utility, 3 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
132
Against 105 in 2024 and 119 in 2023
Applications published
2,184
245 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
8
its own name, a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Computer technology228
Semiconductors90
Basic communication processes63
Digital communication61
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy54
Measurement41
Telecommunications10
Control5
Transport3
Audio-visual technology3
Optics1
Macromolecular chemistry, polymers1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Microchip Technology Incorporated its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
1,357 granted
1,043 published
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
621 granted
207 published
Microchip Technology Incorporated its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in AZ)
0 granted
452 published
Microsemi Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in IL)
235 granted
104 published
Silicon Storage Technology, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
261 published
Microsemi SoC Corp. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
66 granted
64 published
Microsemi Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
32 published
Microsemi SoC Corp. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
21 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 30, 202512,512,850Microcontroller including a digital potentiometerBasic communication processesMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 30, 202512,512,822Override mechanism for PWM operationBasic communication processesMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 30, 202512,512,379Low-profile sealed surface-mount packageSemiconductorsMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 30, 202512,511,195Non-volatile memory express transport protocol messaging for parity generationComputer technologyMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 30, 202512,511,073Coarse and fine programming of non-volatile memory cellsComputer technologySilicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Dec 16, 202512,501,314Aggregation of data for frames or disaggregation of data from framesDigital communicationMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 16, 202512,500,822System and method for rate adaptation of packet-oriented client data for transmission over a metro transport network (MTN)Digital communicationMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 16, 202512,500,456Foreign object detection and related apparatuses, methods, and systemsElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 16, 202512,499,945Adaptive bias decoder for non-volatile memory systemComputer technologySilicon Storage Technology, Inc.
Dec 9, 202512,494,789Determining a locked status of a clock tracking circuitBasic communication processesMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 25, 20252025/0393259TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMESemiconductorsMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 25, 20252025/0390658GENERATING AND ANALYZING A LAYOUT OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEComputer technologyMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 25, 20252025/0390445MICROCONTROLLER WITH HARDWARE-BASED SAFETY SYSTEMComputer technologyMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 25, 20252025/0390251SWAPPING A PHYSICAL BLOCK OF A VIRTUAL BLOCK BASED ON A BIT ERROR RATE OF THE PHYSICAL BLOCKComputer technologyMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 25, 20252025/0386963STRAW FOR TESTING AND PREVENTING CONSUMPTION OF AN UNSAFE BEVERAGEAnalysis of biological materialsMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 18, 20252025/0386568TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMESemiconductorsMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 18, 20252025/0385681COMPENSATION OF ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) GAIN ERRORBasic communication processesMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 18, 20252025/0385201SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAMESemiconductorsMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 18, 20252025/0385158THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL HEAT TRANSFER ANTENNASSemiconductorsMicrochip Technology Incorporated
Dec 18, 20252025/0383396SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POWER COUPLING EFFECTSMeasurementMicrosemi SoC Corp.
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Computer technology 137 · Semiconductors 66 · Basic communication processes 46 · Digital communication 42 · Measurement 31 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 29.

A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.

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