Where does Silicon Line GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Silicon Line GmbH ranks #14,275 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 Silicon Line GmbH hold?

Silicon Line GmbH holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Silicon Line GmbH's Innovation Score?

Silicon Line GmbH has an Innovation Score of 35.4 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Silicon Line GmbH focus on?

Silicon Line GmbH's top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 11 patents, ranking #2,214 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

Is Silicon Line GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Silicon Line GmbH's recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Silicon Line GmbH's patents?

Silicon Line GmbH's patents average 15.5 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.

How is the Silicon Line 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

Silicon Line GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Silicon ranks #14,275 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 19 technology areas.

#14,275
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.4/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14275 · Foreign Corporation #14,275 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,275/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Sansi…
CPC-FOCUS H04L · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering 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 Silicon’s 35.4 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 10.7 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.4 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Silicon Line · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Silicon's Innovation Score is 35.4/100 (top 49% 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 Silicon?

Each dot is one of Silicon’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). Silicon’s own 15.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Silicon's grants concentrate

Silicon Line GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 52.4% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Silicon sits between Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co. Ltd. and Sony Deutschland GmbH.

Shanghai Sansi En…

21
Shem

21
Shine Optoelectro…

21
Siklu Communicati…

21
Sisense

21
Soilgenic

21
Sonifi Solutions

21
Sony Deutschland

21
Silicon Line ◀

21

What this shows Silicon holds 21 patents at rank #14,289, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Silicon

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,289 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Silicon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Silicon Line GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	14.3%
2016	9	42.9%
2017	2	9.5%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	3	14.3%
2020	1	4.8%
2021	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Silicon Line GmbH patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

H04B - Transmission 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 4

H03K - Pulse Technique 3

H03L - Automatic Control, Starting, Synchronisation OR Stabilisation OF Generators OF Electronic Oscillations OR Pulses 3

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 2

H04J - Multiplex Communication 2

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 2

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 2

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G05F - Systems FOR Regulating Electric OR Magnetic Variables 1

Top 15 of 19 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

Silicon Line GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Silicon Line GmbH's lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 52.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #14,275 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Silicon Line GmbH against Shanghai Sansi Electronic Engineering Co. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.4/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.