Where does Acciona Energia S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Acciona Energia S.A. ranks #25,635 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 Acciona Energia S.A. hold?

Acciona Energia S.A. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 21 technology areas.

What is Acciona Energia S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Acciona Energia S.A. has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Acciona Energia S.A. focus on?

Acciona Energia S.A.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 9 patents, ranking #1,398 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 21 CPC subclasses total.

Is Acciona Energia S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Acciona Energia S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Acciona Energia S.A.'s patents?

Acciona Energia S.A.'s patents average 17.4 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 Acciona Energia 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

Acciona Energia S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 21 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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, Acciona ranks #25,635 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 21 technology areas.

#25,635
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25635 · Foreign Corporation #25,635 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,635/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abengoa BIOENERGÍA…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 21 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abengoa BIOENERGÍA Nuevas TECHNOLOGÍAS, S.A. (±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 Acciona’s 41.6 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 8.3 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 16.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Acciona Energia · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Acciona's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Acciona?

Each dot is one of Acciona’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). Acciona’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Acciona's grants concentrate

Acciona Energia S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 21 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Acciona sits between Abengoa BIOENERGÍA Nuevas TECHNOLOGÍAS, S.A. and Acessa Health Inc..

Acciona's three-year grant acceleration

Acciona Energia S.A. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Abengoa BioenergÍ…

10
ABI Anlagentechni…

10
Absci

10
Absolics

10
Accord Ideation P…

10
Acea Therapeutics

10
Acellent

10
Acessa Health

10
Acciona Energia ◀

10

What this shows Acciona holds 10 patents at rank #25,633, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Acciona

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,633 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Acciona's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Acciona Energia S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2022	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Acciona Energia S.A. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 6

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 3

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

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

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

F03D - Wind Motors 1

F03B - Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids 1

F05B - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Wind, Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like Motors, TO Machines OR Engines FOR Liquids Covered BY Subclasses F03b, F03d AND F03g 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 15 of 21 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

Acciona Energia S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Acciona Energia S.A.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #25,635 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Acciona Energia S.A. against Abengoa BIOENERGÍA Nuevas TECHNOLOGÍAS, S.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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