Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
5,050 patents granted to the 5 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 NXP Semiconductors N.V.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
5,050
5,046 utility, 4 design, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
262
Against 165 in 2024 and 211 in 2023
Applications published
5,089
288 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
5
a subsidiary, its own name
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
Digital communication223
Computer technology200
Basic communication processes155
Measurement155
Telecommunications106
Semiconductors86
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy74
Control26
Audio-visual technology11
IT methods for management7
Transport7
Medical technology5
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name5 counted
NXP B.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent. 89 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in DE)
5,038 granted
2,769 publishedNXP B.V. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in NL. 91 more under the same name are not counted (printed in US, printed in NE, printed in DE)
0 granted
2,317 publishedNXP a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
10 granted
1 publishedNXP Semiconductors its own name
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 publishedNXP, N.V. a subsidiary
NL, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,510,652 | Communication node with interleaved ranging sessions | Telecommunications | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,510,618 | Method and apparatus for determination of direction of arrival angle | Measurement | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,744 | Apparatus including a transceiver | Digital communication | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,485 | Dual mode PLL for phase coherent application | Basic communication processes | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,407 | Digitally-controlled DC-DC converter | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,506,348 | Radio frequency transaction with a mobile device having a depleted battery | Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,504,850 | Methods and apparatus for display noise canceling in a touch sensing system | Computer technology | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,504,511 | V2X for sensor cross checks and diagnosis | Measurement | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,501,632 | Semiconductor device with improved mechanical stress resistance | Semiconductors | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,500,619 | Baseband receiver circuit | Telecommunications | NXP B.V. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392901 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A PROFILE DOWNLOAD | Digital communication | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0392318 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD | Basic communication processes | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0390270 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER OF SAFETY AUDIO TO AND FROM AN AUDIO PROCESSOR | Computer technology | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0389770 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AREA-EFFICIENT MONITORING OF CLOCK SIGNALS | Computer technology | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385802 | SECURING ELLIPTIC CURVE DIGITAL SIGNATURE ALGORITHM (ECDSA) NONCE COMMUNICATED BETWEEN SYMMETRIC AND ASYMMETRIC CRYPTOGRAPHIC CO-PROCESSORS IN A HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM | Digital communication | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0385711 | DUAL-ANTENNA COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Telecommunications | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0384002 | SHARING A SENSOR BETWEEN DIFFERENT ACTORS IN AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) | Computer technology | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0383682 | OVERCLOCKING DETECTION AND RESPONSE | Computer technology | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0383438 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR ANGLE ESTIMATION AND THE METHOD THEREOF | Measurement | NXP B.V. |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 2025/0383436 | MONITORING BODY MOVEMENTS USING ULTRA WIDE BAND (UWB) SIGNALS | Measurement | NXP B.V. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 134 · Computer technology 116 · Digital communication 88 · Basic communication processes 81 · Semiconductors 68 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 36.
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.