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Intel Corporation is a US-based semiconductor company and one of the world’s largest chipmakers, with a patent portfolio spanning microprocessor and CPU architecture, data center and AI accelerators, semiconductor process and fabrication technology, transistor and interconnect design, advanced packaging, chipsets and platform controllers, memory and storage, networking and connectivity, graphics and media processing, firmware and software, and security technologies. Its filings cover instruction set and microarchitecture design, cache and memory hierarchy, process nodes and transistor structures, foundry and packaging processes such as EMIB and Foveros, high-speed interconnects, and power management and platform security. The company operates through its Client Computing, Data Center and AI, and Intel Foundry businesses, and the portfolio reflects more than five decades of computing and semiconductor research across multiple decades and jurisdictions.
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Intel’s patent portfolio comprises 179,497 patents distributed across 66,160 simple families and 67,613 extended families. This is the largest portfolio in this report series. It spans 53 jurisdictions and includes patents associated with processors, semiconductor fabrication, networking, software, memory, graphics, and related computing technologies.
Intel’s portfolio consists of 70,388 active assets and 109,012 inactive assets. Active holdings include 44,968 granted patents and 25,420 patent applications. The large inactive base, led by abandoned applications and patents expired due to term and maintenance fees, is characteristic of a research portfolio accumulated over more than five decades of continuous semiconductor development.
Intel’s patents span 53 jurisdictions, with the United States accounting for the largest share of filings and grants.
Total Patents: 179,497
The portfolio is distributed across North America, Asia, and Europe, with the United States accounting for the largest concentration, followed by international applications through the World Intellectual Property Organization and substantial holdings in China. The presence in Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea reflects the principal semiconductor manufacturing and supply chain jurisdictions.
Intel’s patent portfolio is notably broad for a semiconductor company, led by networking at roughly 28%, computer systems and components at 25%, and software at 24%. This distribution reflects Intel’s position as a platform and systems company rather than a pure chip designer, spanning connectivity, server and client architecture, and firmware and software, with a dedicated semiconductor-process share of roughly 9% capturing its core transistor, process node, and packaging technology.
The citation network reflects Intel’s central position in computing and semiconductors. Beyond Intel itself, the largest citation volumes involve Samsung, IBM, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Microsoft, Apple, AMD, Nokia, Texas Instruments, and Fujitsu, spanning the full range of chipmakers, platform companies, and connectivity firms whose technologies intersect with Intel’s processor and platform portfolio.
Intel’s litigation dataset is the most extensive in this report series, including 597 patents that have been involved in litigation matters, 326 petitions, 91 reexaminations, and 1,160 Chinese Patent Reexamination Board proceedings. The dataset also includes 33 active cases, 338 inactive cases, 165 appeals, and 275 related parties, reflecting Intel’s scale, its exposure to non-practicing entity litigation, and the competitive intensity of the semiconductor sector.
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Sources of Acquired Patents
Intel’s patent portfolio consists of 168,625 originally assigned patents and 10,872 acquired patents, meaning approximately 94% of the portfolio was developed internally. Acquired patents originate largely from operating companies, reflecting Intel’s history of technology acquisitions in areas such as programmable logic, mobile, connectivity, and AI accelerators.
Notable Acquisitions and M&A
2025 / 2026 – Strategic investments by the U.S. government, SoftBank, and NVIDIA
In August and September 2025 Intel secured a series of strategic equity investments supporting its manufacturing and foundry expansion. It agreed to sell US$2.0 billion of common stock to SoftBank Group in a private placement completed in September 2025, and entered into agreements with the U.S. government under which it received the full US$5.7 billion of remaining accelerated CHIPS Act disbursements and issued common stock to the government, giving the United States a direct equity stake. In September 2025 Intel also announced a collaboration with NVIDIA to jointly develop multiple generations of custom data center and PC products, accompanied by an NVIDIA equity investment. In August 2026 Intel completed a further registered public stock offering to support capital expenditure and working capital.
2022 – Tower Semiconductor (terminated) and Mobileye listing
Intel’s planned US$5.4 billion acquisition of foundry specialist Tower Semiconductor, announced in 2022, was terminated in 2023 after failing to secure required regulatory approvals. In 2022 Intel completed the initial public offering of its Mobileye advanced driver-assistance subsidiary while retaining majority ownership, partially monetising an earlier acquisition.
Historical technology acquisitions
Intel’s acquired-patent base reflects a long history of technology acquisitions, including Altera (programmable logic, 2015), the majority of Infineon’s Wireless Solutions business, Mobileye (computer vision, 2017), Habana Labs (AI accelerators, 2019), and the acquisition of Barefoot Networks and other connectivity and networking assets that contribute to the portfolio’s substantial networking share.
Intel Corporation is a publicly traded semiconductor company listed on the Nasdaq (INTC) and a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500. It operates through Client Computing, Data Center and AI, and Intel Foundry segments, and is in the midst of a strategic turnaround centred on rebuilding process leadership and establishing a competitive external foundry business.
Intel Corporation
2200 Mission College Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95054, United States
Intel’s global headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California, with major manufacturing and research sites in Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, Ireland, and Israel.
Intel’s patent portfolio includes 179,497 patents across 53 jurisdictions, the largest portfolio in this report series. The portfolio contains patent assets in microprocessor and CPU architecture, data center and AI accelerators, semiconductor process and fabrication, advanced packaging, networking and connectivity, memory, graphics, and platform software and security.
The portfolio includes 66,160 simple families, 67,613 extended families, 90 litigated patents, and 1 challenged patent, with 70,388 active assets of which 25,420 are pending applications.
Intel’s patent portfolio contains 179,497 patents across 53 jurisdictions, the largest in this report series. The portfolio includes 66,160 simple families and 67,613 extended families.
Networking leads at roughly 28%, followed by computer systems and components at 25% and software at 24%, reflecting Intel’s platform and systems breadth, with a dedicated semiconductor-process share of about 9% covering transistors, process nodes, and packaging.
Intel’s portfolio includes 70,388 active patent assets, consisting of 44,968 active grants and 25,420 active applications.
The United States contains the largest number of Intel patent assets, followed by World Intellectual Property Organization filings, China, the European Patent Office, Germany, and Taiwan.
The litigation dataset is the most extensive in this series, including 597 patents in litigation, 326 petitions, 91 reexaminations, and 1,160 Chinese PRB proceedings, alongside 275 related parties.
The portfolio contains 168,625 originally assigned patents and 10,872 acquired patents, meaning approximately 94% was developed internally.
The citation data includes significant references involving Samsung, IBM, Qualcomm, Broadcom, Microsoft, Apple, AMD, Nokia, Texas Instruments, and Fujitsu.
In 2025 Intel secured a US$2.0 billion investment from SoftBank, agreements with the U.S. government that included US$5.7 billion of accelerated CHIPS Act funding and a direct federal equity stake, and a collaboration and equity investment from NVIDIA, followed by a further public stock offering in August 2026.
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