Where does Hanwha Q Cells GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanwha Q Cells GMBH ranks #17,733 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 Hanwha Q Cells GMBH hold?

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's Innovation Score?

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hanwha Q Cells GMBH focus on?

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 15 patents, ranking #892 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's recent grant velocity is +125% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's patents?

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's patents average 11.0 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 Hanwha Q Cells 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

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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, Hanwha ranks #17,733 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 12 technology areas.

#17,733
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: +125%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17733 · Foreign Corporation #17,733 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,733/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gunitech
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +125% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gunitech Corp. (±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 Hanwha’s 34.0 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 9.8 pts (29%) Velocity 5.3 pts (16%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hanwha Q Cells · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanwha's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th percentile 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 Hanwha?

Each dot is one of Hanwha’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). Hanwha’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 11.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hanwha's grants concentrate

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hanwha sits between Gunitech Corp. and Healthlead Corporation Limited.

Hanwha's three-year grant acceleration

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Gunitech

16
Gyroscope Therape…

16
Hale Products

16
Hangzhou Silan Mi…

16
Hass

16
Hcmed Innovations

16
HDT Bio

16
Healthlead

16
Hanwha Q Cells ◀

16

What this shows Hanwha holds 16 patents at rank #17,727, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hanwha

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,727 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Hanwha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hanwha Q Cells GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.3%
2017	1	6.3%
2018	2	12.5%
2020	3	18.8%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	1	6.3%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	3	18.8%

Which technologies does Hanwha Q Cells GMBH patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 9

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 7

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

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 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hanwha Q Cells GMBH's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #17,733 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanwha Q Cells GMBH against Gunitech Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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

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