Where does Solarflare Communications, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Solarflare Communications, Inc. ranks #5,885 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 Solarflare Communications, Inc. hold?

Solarflare Communications, Inc. holds 58 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Solarflare Communications, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.2 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Solarflare Communications, Inc. focus on?

Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s top technology area is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication) with 55 patents, ranking #608 of 8,956 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Solarflare Communications, Inc.'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 Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s patents?

Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s patents average 23.7 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 Solarflare Communications, 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

Solarflare Communications, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 58 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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, Solarflare ranks #5,885 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 58 patents across 5 technology areas.

#5,885
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.2/100): 23.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5885 · US Corporation #5,885 · 58 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 58 grants
UPPER-Q #5,885/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safran Seats
CPC-NARROW H04L · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Seats (±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 Solarflare’s 36.2 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 14.1 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (22%) Claim depth 14.2 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangdong Sirui… · near

36
Optimedica · near

36
Industrie DE Nora S… · near

36
Solarflare Communica… · this assignee

36
Volt · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Solarflare's Innovation Score is 36.2/100 (top 47% 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 Solarflare?

Each dot is one of Solarflare’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). Solarflare’s own 23.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Solarflare's grants concentrate

Solarflare Communications, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 94.8% of grants classified under H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (15 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2016. By volume, Solarflare sits between Sakata INX Corporation and Seasonal Specialties, LLC.

Sakata INX

58
Sami Labs

58
Seoul National Un…

58
Soft Robotics

58
Sorel

58
Safran Seats

58
Sartorius Stedim…

58
Seasonal Specialt…

58
Solarflare Commun… ◀

58

What this shows Solarflare holds 58 patents at rank #5,882, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Solarflare

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,882 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Solarflare, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information), Solarflare ranks #608 of 8,956 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Industrie DE Nora S.P.A. 36 Volt, LLC 36 Optimedica Corporation 36 Guangdong Sirui Optical Co., Ltd. 36

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (23.7 here).

Bauer Hockey LLC 23.7 avg Grass Valley Canada 23.7 avg Weka.IO Ltd. 23.7 avg Instart Logic, Inc. 23.7 avg

Solarflare's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Solarflare Communications, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	25.9%
2016	10	17.2%
2017	10	17.2%
2018	10	17.2%
2019	13	22.4%

Which technologies does Solarflare Communications, Inc. patent most?

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 55

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 30

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

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

Top 5 of 5 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

Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Solarflare Communications, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04L (Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication), 94.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04L
Ranked #5,885 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Solarflare Communications, Inc. against Sakata INX Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.2/100 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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