Company Analysis

Teradyne, Inc. (TER)

Nasdaq: TER · Instruments For Meas & Testing of Electricity & Elec Signals · North Reading, MA · filing with the SEC since 1994
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Patents

US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

925 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 Teradyne, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
925
921 utility, 2 design, 2 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
10
Against 14 in 2024 and 12 in 2023
Applications published
420
14 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
Measurement45
Handling9
Computer technology7
Telecommunications7
Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy5
Audio-visual technology3
Basic communication processes3
Control3
Digital communication2
Semiconductors1
Machine tools1
Thermal processes and apparatus1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name8 counted
Teradyne, Inc. its own name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
721 granted
203 published
LITEPOINT CORPORATION a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
125 granted
69 published
Teradyne, Inc. its own name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in MA)
0 granted
104 published
Genrad, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 6 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
66 granted
0 published
LITEPOINT CORPORATION a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
38 published
Nextest Systems Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
9 granted
3 published
Eagle Test Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
2 published
Teradyne (Asia) Pte. Ltd. a subsidiary
SG, as the owner printed on each patent
1 granted
1 published
Names not counted (3)
Mobile Industrial Robots, Inc.
Most of its patents print DK; this name counts in US. 0 granted and 20 published under it are not counted.
Mobile Industrial Robots, Inc.
Most of its patents print DK; this name counts in US. 16 granted and 2 published under it are not counted.
TERADYNE, INC
No country is printed for it. 0 granted and 7 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 23, 202512,504,463Electrical isolation circuitryMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Dec 23, 202512,504,459Injecting vibrations to detect a fault in a transmission lineMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Nov 4, 202512,461,141Identifying failures in device coresMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Sep 2, 202512,407,426Probes for device testingTelecommunicationsLITEPOINT CORPORATION
Jul 15, 202512,362,867System and method for using a tester to perform time-switched multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) data packet signal analysisTelecommunicationsLITEPOINT CORPORATION
Jul 1, 202512,345,748Removing test equipment intermodulation interference and noise from power spectral density measurementsMeasurementLITEPOINT CORPORATION
Jun 17, 202512,332,299Removing test equipment noise from power spectral density measurementsMeasurementLITEPOINT CORPORATION
May 27, 202512,313,683Controlling storage of test data based on prior test program executionComputer technologyTeradyne, Inc.
Apr 29, 202512,287,151Thermal plate having a fluid channelThermal processes and apparatusTeradyne, Inc.
Feb 25, 202512,235,317Test system that converts command syntaxesMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Nov 13, 20252025/0347734TESTING A CIRCUIT BOARDMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Nov 13, 20252025/0347729ANALYZING BUNDLES OF WIRESMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Oct 16, 20252025/0321291TESTING A POWER SUPPLYMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Sep 18, 20252025/0290943THERMAL TESTING SYSTEMMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Sep 11, 20252025/0283754SYSTEM FOR TESTING LIGHT SOURCESMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Aug 21, 20252025/0264521DETERMINING A QUALITY OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN A TEST SYSTEM AND A DEVICE UNDER TESTMeasurementLITEPOINT CORPORATION
Aug 14, 20252025/0258219ALIGNING CONNECTORS IN A TEST SYSTEMMeasurementTeradyne, Inc.
Jul 24, 20252025/0239937CONTROLLING A POWER SUPPLYElectrical machinery, apparatus, energyTeradyne, Inc.
Jul 24, 20252025/0237727DETERMINING INTERFERENCE IN A TEST CHANNELMeasurementLITEPOINT CORPORATION
Jun 5, 20252025/0180623INJECTING VIBRATIONS TO DETECT A FAULT IN A TRANSMISSION LINEMeasurementTeradyne, Inc. · patent 12,504,459 granted from it
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Measurement 18 · Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy 2 · Computer technology 1 · Digital communication 1 · Audio-visual technology 1 · Basic communication processes 1.

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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