Cree Inc patents

Cree Inc holds 1,928 patents in our database, with recent filings and technology areas summarized below.

Company patent statistics
MetricValue
Total patents1,928
Recent patents17
First publicationJan 1, 2015
Latest publicationApr 7, 2026

Filing trend

Year-over-year patent counts for this assignee.

Filing activity over the last five years is rapidly declining.

Patents filed per year
YearPatents
2015418
2016367
2017309
2018205
2019224
2020160
2021153
202266
202316
20246
20252
20262
Browse patents by year
YearPatents
2015418
2016367
2017309
2018205
2019224
2020160
2021153
202266
202316
20246
20252
20262

Recent patents

Latest publications where this party is an assignee.

Notable patents

Representative or frequently cited publications from precomputed assignee stats.

Top CPC classifications

Most common classification codes in this portfolio.

Top CPC codes by patent count
CPCPatents
F21Y2115/10566
H10W90/00327
H10D62/8325247
F21Y2101/02215
H10H20/857200

Technology areas

Mapped technology topics for this assignee.

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Frequently asked questions

Answers are generated from the same data shown on this page.

How many patents does Cree Inc have in patentsdb?
Cree Inc is linked to 1,928 publications as assignee in our database.
What technology areas does Cree Inc patent most?
Top mapped technology areas by patent count: Electricity (1,429); Mechanical Engineering (669); Cross-Sectional Technologies (328).
Is Cree Inc's patent activity growing?
In our data, assignee counts were 6 in 2024 and 2 in 2025 (lower year over year).
What are recent patents assigned to Cree Inc?
See the “Recent patents” section above for the latest 5 publications we attribute to this assignee.