Where does Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. ranks #4,431 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 Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. hold?

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. holds 80 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.7 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +313% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patents?

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patents average 22.7 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 Sila Nanotechnologies, 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

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. focus on?

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 77 patents, ranking #89 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 80 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sila ranks #4,431 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 80 patents across 27 technology areas.

#4,431
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.7/100): 22.7
avg claims per patent: +313%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4431 · US Corporation #4,431 · 80 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 80 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,431/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Nien Made Enterprise
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 27 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +313% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Nien Made Enterprise 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 Sila’s 62.7 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 15.2 pts (24%) Velocity 15.6 pts (25%) Breadth 18.4 pts (29%) Claim depth 13.6 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intellectual Discovery · near

63
Siemens Mobility · near

63
Sila Nanotechnologies · this assignee

63
Ambarella Internatio… · near

63
Hutchinson Technolog… · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sila's Innovation Score is 62.7/100 (top 2% 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 Sila?

Each dot is one of Sila’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). Sila’s own 22.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sila's grants concentrate

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 96.3% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (20 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sila sits between Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Sumitomo Heavy Industries ION Technology Co., Ltd..

Sila's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. moved from 21 to 49 grants (2.33x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Nien Made Enterpr…

80
Olympus Imaging

80
Pratt Retail Spec…

80
Shenzhen BYD Auto…

80
SK Biopharmaceuti…

80
Soken

80
SPM Oil & Gas

80
Sumitomo Heavy In…

80
Sila Nanotechnolo… ◀

80

What this shows Sila holds 80 patents at rank #4,431, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sila

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,431 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sila, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01M (Processes OR Means), Sila ranks #89 of 2,332 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd. 63 Siemens Mobility GmbH 63 Hutchinson Technology Incorporated 63 Ambarella International LP 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.7 here).

Imra America, Inc. 22.7 avg Sutro Biopharma, Inc. 22.7 avg Bal Seal Engineering, LLC 22.7 avg Electrocore, Inc. 22.7 avg

Sila's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.3%
2016	1	1.3%
2017	2	2.5%
2018	3	3.8%
2019	8	10.0%
2020	5	6.3%
2021	8	10.0%
2022	14	17.5%
2023	20	25.0%
2024	15	18.8%
2025partial year	3	3.8%

Which technologies does Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 77

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 76

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 17

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 10

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 10

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 10

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 9

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 7

H01G - CAPACITORS; Capacitors, Rectifiers, Detectors, Switching Devices, Light-sensitive OR Temperature-sensitive Devices OF THE Electrolytic Type 6

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 3

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 2

Top 15 of 27 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

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 96.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #4,431 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc. against Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.7/100 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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