Where does Solan, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Solan, LLC ranks #43,197 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 Solan, LLC hold?

Solan, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Solan, LLC's Innovation Score?

Solan, LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Solan, LLC focus on?

Solan, LLC's top technology area is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices) with 6 patents, ranking #541 of 1,402 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Solan, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Solan, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Solan, LLC's patents?

Solan, LLC's patents average 30.0 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 Solan, LLC 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

Solan, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Solan ranks #43,197 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 12 technology areas.

#43,197
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 30.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43197 · US Corporation #43,197 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,197/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Softbox Systems
CPC-FOCUS H10D · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 30.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Softbox Systems Limited (±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 Solan’s 34.0 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Solan · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Solan's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 Solan?

Each dot is one of Solan’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). Solan’s own 30.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Solan's grants concentrate

Solan, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices). By volume, Solan sits between SoftEye, Inc. and Solus Industrial Innovations, LLC.

Softeye

6
Softbox Systems

6
Sogefi Air & Cool…

6
Solace Systems

6
Soleo Communicati…

6
Solera Holdings

6
Solis Biodyne OÜ

6
Solus Industrial…

6
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6

What this shows Solan holds 6 patents at rank #43,296, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Solan

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,296 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices)

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

Solan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Solan, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2016	2	33.3%
2017	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Solan, LLC patent most?

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 6

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 4

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

B82B - Nanostructures Formed BY Manipulation OF Individual Atoms, Molecules, OR Limited Collections OF Atoms OR Molecules AS Discrete UNITS; Manufacture OR Treatment Thereof 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 2

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

Solan, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Solan, LLC's lead technology class is H10D (Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H10D
Ranked #43,197 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Solan, LLC against SoftEye, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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