Where does Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. ranks #41,647 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 Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. hold?

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s Innovation Score?

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 26.8 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.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 Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s patents?

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s patents average 15.8 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 Memc Electronic Materials S.P.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

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.

Q: What technology areas does Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. focus on?

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 3 patents, ranking #704 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Memc ranks #41,647 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 9 technology areas.

#41,647
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (26.8/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41647 · Foreign Corporation #41,647 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,647/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Meishan Crrc…
CPC-NARROW C01B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Meishan Crrc Fastening System Co., Ltd (±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 Memc’s 26.8 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 6.7 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Memc Materials S P A · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Memc's Innovation Score is 26.8/100 (22nd 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 Memc?

Each dot is one of Memc’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). Memc’s own 15.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Memc's grants concentrate

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Memc sits between Meishan Crrc Fastening System Co., Ltd and MEOPTA—OPTIKA, S.R.O..

Meishan Crrc Fast…

6
Melbourne Health

6
Melodea

6
Meltin MMI

6
Memc Singapore Pte

6
Memsic

6
Mentice AB

6
Meopta—Optika S R…

6
Memc Materials S… ◀

6

What this shows Memc holds 6 patents at rank #41,560, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Memc

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,560 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Memc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

Grants by year

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

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Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%
2018	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

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 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

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

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A.'s lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #41,647 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Memc Electronic Materials S.P.A. against Meishan Crrc Fastening System Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.8/100 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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