Where does Solarworld Innovations GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Solarworld Innovations GMBH ranks #15,635 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 Solarworld Innovations GMBH hold?

Solarworld Innovations GMBH holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Solarworld Innovations GMBH's Innovation Score?

Solarworld Innovations GMBH has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Solarworld Innovations GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Solarworld Innovations GMBH'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 Solarworld Innovations GMBH's patents?

Solarworld Innovations GMBH's patents average 15.3 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 Solarworld Innovations 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

Solarworld Innovations GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Solarworld Innovations GMBH focus on?

Solarworld Innovations GMBH's top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 16 patents, ranking #856 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 18 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Solarworld ranks #15,635 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 18 technology areas.

#15,635
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15635 · Foreign Corporation #15,635 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,635/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Silicon Controls PTY
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Silicon Controls PTY 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 Solarworld’s 34.5 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 10.3 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Solarworld Innovations · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Solarworld's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th 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 Solarworld?

Each dot is one of Solarworld’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). Solarworld’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Solarworld's grants concentrate

Solarworld Innovations GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 84.2% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Solarworld sits between Silicon Controls PTY Ltd. and SQ Technology (Shanghai) Corporation.

Silicon Controls…

19
Silicon Optronics

19
Simon U

19
Skitter & Squirt…

19
Spinal Surgical S…

19
Spolek PRO Chemic…

19
Sportwelding

19
SQ Technology (Sh…

19
Solarworld Innova… ◀

19

What this shows Solarworld holds 19 patents at rank #15,611, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Solarworld

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,611 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Solarworld's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% 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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Solarworld Innovations GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	31.6%
2016	11	57.9%
2017	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Solarworld Innovations GMBH patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 16

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 15

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

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 5

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Solarworld Innovations GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Solarworld Innovations GMBH's lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 84.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #15,635 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Solarworld Innovations GMBH against Silicon Controls PTY Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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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