Where does Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. ranks #41,648 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 Singapore Pte. Ltd. hold?

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 27.8 out of 100 (25th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'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 Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s patents?

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s patents average 14.7 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 Singapore Pte. Ltd. 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 Singapore Pte. Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. focus on?

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #113 of 414 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: 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 Polycrys).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Memc ranks #41,648 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 12 technology areas.

#41,648
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41648 · Foreign Corporation #41,648 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,648/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Melbourne Health
CPC-FOCUS C30B · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Melbourne Health (±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 27.8 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 (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Memc Singapore Pte · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Memc's Innovation Score is 27.8/100 (25th 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 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 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 Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under 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 Polycrys). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Memc sits between Melbourne Health and Meprolight (1990) Ltd..

Melbourne Health

6
Melodea

6
Meltin MMI

6
Memc Materials S…

6
Memsic

6
Mentice AB

6
Meopta—Optika S R…

6
Meprolight (1990)

6
Memc Singapore Pte ◀

6

What this shows Memc holds 6 patents at rank #41,561, 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 #41,561 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C30B (Single-crystal Growth)

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)

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

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 Singapore Pte. Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. patent most?

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 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

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

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

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

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

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s lead technology class is 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 Polycrys), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C30B
Ranked #41,648 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Memc Singapore Pte. Ltd. against Melbourne Health, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.8/100 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

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

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