Where does FTC Solar, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), FTC Solar, Inc. ranks #10,620 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 FTC Solar, Inc. hold?

FTC Solar, Inc. holds 29 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is FTC Solar, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

FTC Solar, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.0 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does FTC Solar, Inc. focus on?

FTC Solar, Inc.'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 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is FTC Solar, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

FTC Solar, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +700% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for FTC Solar, Inc.'s patents?

FTC Solar, Inc.'s patents average 18.1 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 FTC Solar, Inc. 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 US Corporation

FTC Solar, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 29 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, FTC ranks #10,620 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 29 patents across 11 technology areas.

#10,620
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (44.0/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +700%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10620 · US Corporation #10,620 · 29 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 29 grants
UPPER-Q #10,620/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fetch Robotics
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +700% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fetch Robotics, Inc. (±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 FTC’s 44.0 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 11.7 pts (27%) Velocity 9.7 pts (22%) Breadth 11.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 10.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alphatec Spine · near

44
FTC Solar · this assignee

44
OrthoPediatrics · near

44
Salzgitter Flachstahl · near

44
Pie Medical Imaging… · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows FTC's Innovation Score is 44.0/100 (top 27% 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 FTC?

Each dot is one of FTC’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). FTC’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where FTC's grants concentrate

FTC Solar, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 93.1% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, FTC sits between FFI Ionix IP, Inc. and Fugro N.V..

FTC's three-year grant acceleration

FTC Solar, Inc. shows 16 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

FFI Ionix IP

29
Fiat Group Automo…

29
Finewell

29
Flisom

29
Fetch Robotics

29
Florida Atlantic…

29
Fluid Equipment D…

29
Fugro

29
FTC Solar ◀

29

What this shows FTC holds 29 patents at rank #10,616, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near FTC

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,616 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

OrthoPediatrics Corp. 44 Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH 44 Alphatec Spine, Inc. 44 Pie Medical Imaging B.V. 44

FTC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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FTC Solar, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	3	10.3%
2020	2	6.9%
2021	6	20.7%
2022	3	10.3%
2023	10	34.5%
2024	3	10.3%
2025partial year	2	6.9%

Which technologies does FTC Solar, Inc. patent most?

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

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 27

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 19

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 12

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 10

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 7

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 7

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 7

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

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

FTC Solar, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

FTC Solar, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 93.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #10,620 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare FTC Solar, Inc. against FFI Ionix IP, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.