Where does Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. ranks #8,969 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. hold?

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. has an Innovation Score of 43.3 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s patents?

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s patents average 13.4 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.

Q: What technology areas does Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. focus on?

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 27 patents, ranking #567 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Abengoa ranks #8,969 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 42 technology areas.

#8,969
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.3/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8969 · Foreign Corporation #8,969 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #8,969/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Achronix Semiconductor
CPC-WIDE Y02E · 42 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Achronix Semiconductor Corporation (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Abengoa’s 43.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 12.4 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 22.9 pts (53%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abengoa Solar New · this assignee

43
Autonomix Medical · near

43
Minelab Pty · near

43
Superior Essex… · near

43
uBeam · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Abengoa's Innovation Score is 43.3/100 (top 28% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Abengoa?

Each dot is one of Abengoa’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Abengoa’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 18.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Abengoa vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Abengoa's grants concentrate

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 77.1% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (21 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Abengoa sits between Amazonen-werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG and Altair Engineering, Inc..

Amazonen-werke H…

35
AON Risk Services…

35
AT&S(China)

35
Axsome Malta

35
Achronix Semicond…

35
Aileron Therapeut…

35
Akonia Holographi…

35
Altair Engineering

35
Abengoa Solar New ◀

35

What this shows Abengoa holds 35 patents at rank #8,975, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Abengoa

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,975 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Abengoa's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Abengoa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions), Abengoa ranks #567 of 5,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Autonomix Medical, Inc. 43 uBeam Inc. 43 Superior Essex International Inc. 43 Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited 43

Abengoa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

43 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	60.0%
2016	7	20.0%
2017	3	8.6%
2018	1	2.9%
2019	3	8.6%

Which technologies does Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 27

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 24

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 4

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 3

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 3

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

F22D - Preheating, OR Accumulating Preheated, Feed-water FOR Steam GENERATION; Feed-water Supply FOR Steam GENERATION; Controlling Water Level FOR Steam GENERATION; Auxiliary Devices FOR Promoting Water Circulation Within Steam Boilers 1

Top 15 of 42 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 77.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #8,969 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Abengoa Solar New Technologies, S.A. against Amazonen-werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.3/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

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