Where does Azur Space Solar Power GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Azur Space Solar Power GmbH ranks #3,955 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 Azur Space Solar Power GmbH hold?

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's Innovation Score?

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's recent grant velocity is +34% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's patents?

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's patents average 16.0 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 Azur Space Solar Power GmbH 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

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Azur Space Solar Power GmbH focus on?

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's top technology area is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation) with 62 patents, ranking #49 of 1,370 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Azur ranks #3,955 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 24 technology areas.

#3,955
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +34%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3955 · Foreign Corporation #3,955 · 91 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,955/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abiomed Europe
CPC-FOCUS H10F · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +34% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abiomed Europe GmbH (±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 Azur’s 49.7 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 15.6 pts (31%) Velocity 7.1 pts (14%) Breadth 17.3 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Azur Space Solar Power · this assignee

50
Board OF Regents OF… · near

50
Consumer Safety… · near

50
Doosan Infracore · near

50
Rigaku · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Azur's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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 Azur?

Each dot is one of Azur’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). Azur’s own 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Azur's grants concentrate

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 68.1% of grants classified under H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (13 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Azur sits between Willis Electric Co., Ltd. and Colopl, Inc..

Azur's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Azur Space Solar Power GmbH moved from 28 to 30 grants (1.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Willis Electric

92
Abiomed Europe

91
Agios Pharmaceuti…

91
Anhui Huami Infor…

91
Board of Trustees…

91
Bruker Biospin

91
Canoo

91
Colopl

91
Azur Space Solar… ◀

91

What this shows Azur holds 91 patents at rank #3,955, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Azur

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,955 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Azur, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Rad…), Azur ranks #49 of 1,370 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Rigaku Corporation 50 Doosan Infracore Co., Ltd. 50 Board OF Regents OF THE Nevada System OF Higher Education ON Behalf OF THE OF THE University OF Nevada, Reno 50 Consumer Safety Technology, LLC 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.0 here).

The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA 16.0 avg Versalis S.P.A. 16.0 avg Wilson Sporting Goods Co. 16.0 avg THE Texas A&M University System 16.0 avg

Azur's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Azur Space Solar Power GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.2%
2016	9	9.9%
2017	8	8.8%
2018	12	13.2%
2019	7	7.7%
2020	10	11.0%
2021	11	12.1%
2022	11	12.1%
2023	13	14.3%
2024	6	6.6%
2025partial year	2	2.2%

Which technologies does Azur Space Solar Power GmbH patent most?

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 62

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 57

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 23

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 23

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 18

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 15

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 6

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 4

H04B - Transmission 3

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 3

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 3

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH's lead technology class is H10F (Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation), 68.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10F
Ranked #3,955 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Azur Space Solar Power GmbH against Willis Electric Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.7/100 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

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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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