Where does Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. ranks #17,155 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 Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. hold?

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.4 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -58% 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 Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s patents?

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. focus on?

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 10 patents, ranking #1,272 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, 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 PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Schneider ranks #17,155 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 12 technology areas.

#17,155
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.4/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -58%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17155 · US Corporation #17,155 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,155/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sagami Chemical…
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -58% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sagami Chemical Research Institute (±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 Schneider’s 34.4 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 10.0 pts (29%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 12.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schneider Electric… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schneider's Innovation Score is 34.4/100 (48th 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 Schneider?

Each dot is one of Schneider’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). Schneider’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schneider's grants concentrate

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Schneider sits between Sagami Chemical Research Institute and Scripps Health.

Schneider's three-year grant acceleration

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Sagami Chemical R…

17
Saint-gobain Adfo…

17
Salt International

17
Scenera

17
Schunk & KG Spann…

17
Schwan-stabilo Co…

17
Scopearound

17
Scripps Health

17
Schneider Electri… ◀

17

What this shows Schneider holds 17 patents at rank #17,149, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schneider

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,149 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Schneider's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	5	29.4%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	1	5.9%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 8

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 6

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 5

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 1

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 1

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 1

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 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

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #17,155 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schneider Electric Solar Inverters USA, Inc. against Sagami Chemical Research Institute, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.4/100 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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