Where does SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. ranks #20,435 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 SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. hold?

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 50.9 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for SKC Solmics Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.'s patents?

SKC Solmics Co., 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 SKC Solmics Co., 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

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. focus on?

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents) with 13 patents, ranking #46 of 468 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2023. 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: B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SKC ranks #20,435 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 13 technology areas.

#20,435
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (50.9/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20435 · Foreign Corporation #20,435 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,435/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Simula Technology
CPC-FOCUS B24B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2023 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Simula Technology Inc. (±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 SKC’s 50.9 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 9.4 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (39%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows SKC's Innovation Score is 50.9/100 (top 12% 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 SKC?

Each dot is one of SKC’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). SKC’s own 14.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SKC's grants concentrate

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 92.9% of grants classified under B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2021. By volume, SKC sits between Simula Technology Inc. and Societe DE Commercialisation DES Produits DE LA Recherche APPLIQUÉE Socpra Sciences ET GÉNIE S.E.C..

SKC's three-year grant acceleration

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

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What this shows SKC holds 14 patents at rank #20,390, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SKC

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,390 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24B (Machines)

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

SKC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	3	21.4%
2022	8	57.1%
2023	3	21.4%

Which technologies does SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. patent most?

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 11

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 4

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B03C - Magnetic OR Electrostatic Separation OF Solid Materials From Solid Materials OR FLUIDS; Separation BY High-voltage Electric Fields 1

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

C09G - Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes 1

Top 13 of 13 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

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SKC Solmics Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is B24B (Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents), 92.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24B
Ranked #20,435 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SKC Solmics Co., Ltd. against Simula Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.9/100 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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