Where does SLT Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SLT Technologies, Inc. ranks #9,623 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 SLT Technologies, Inc. hold?

SLT Technologies, Inc. holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is SLT Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SLT Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.1 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SLT Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SLT Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +73% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SLT Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

SLT Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 21.1 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 SLT Technologies, 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

SLT Technologies, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does SLT Technologies, Inc. focus on?

SLT Technologies, Inc.'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 26 patents, ranking #23 of 414 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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, SLT ranks #9,623 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 22 technology areas.

#9,623
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.1/100): 21.1
avg claims per patent: +73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9623 · US Corporation #9,623 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,623/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sensetime Internatio…
CPC-FOCUS C30B · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sensetime International PTE. 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 SLT’s 53.1 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 12.2 pts (23%) Velocity 11.7 pts (22%) Breadth 16.6 pts (31%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Canon Anelva · near

53
Encore Wire · near

53
Hamilton Bonaduz · near

53
Novinium · near

53
SLT · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SLT's Innovation Score is 53.1/100 (top 9% 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 SLT?

Each dot is one of SLT’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). SLT’s own 21.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SLT's grants concentrate

SLT Technologies, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 78.8% 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 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, SLT sits between Sensetime International PTE. Ltd. and Sunstar Engineering Inc..

SLT's three-year grant acceleration

SLT Technologies, Inc. shows 14 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.

Sensetime Interna…

33
Sentreheart

33
Shaw Industries G…

33
Shibaura

33
Softbank Robotics…

33
Spogen Biotech

33
STM Management Pty

33
Sunstar Engineeri…

33
SLT ◀

33

What this shows SLT holds 33 patents at rank #9,612, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SLT

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,612 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C30B (Single-crystal Growth)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SLT, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C30B (Single-crystal Growth), SLT ranks #23 of 414 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Novinium, LLC 53 Hamilton Bonaduz AG 53 Encore Wire Corporation 53 Canon Anelva Corporation 53

SLT's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SLT Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	8	24.2%
2019	3	9.1%
2020	3	9.1%
2021	2	6.1%
2022	3	9.1%
2023	4	12.1%
2024	7	21.2%
2025partial year	3	9.1%

Which technologies does SLT Technologies, Inc. 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 26

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 9

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 8

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 7

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 6

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 5

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR 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

Top 15 of 22 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

SLT Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SLT Technologies, Inc.'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), 78.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C30B
Ranked #9,623 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SLT Technologies, Inc. against Sensetime International PTE. Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.1/100 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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