Where does Solmetex, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Solmetex, LLC ranks #11,445 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 Solmetex, LLC hold?

Solmetex, LLC holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Solmetex, LLC's Innovation Score?

Solmetex, LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Solmetex, LLC focus on?

Solmetex, LLC's top technology area is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene) with 14 patents, ranking #66 of 546 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

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

Solmetex, LLC's recent grant velocity is +217% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Solmetex, LLC's patents?

Solmetex, LLC's patents average 10.3 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 Solmetex, 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

Solmetex, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 5 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: A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Solmetex ranks #11,445 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 5 technology areas.

#11,445
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: +217%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11445 · US Corporation #11,445 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,445/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sofec
CPC-NARROW A61C · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +217% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sofec, 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 Solmetex’s 45.6 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 11.5 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 7.9 pts (17%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Control Components · near

46
HÜBNER & KG · near

46
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46
Solmetex · this assignee

46
Whelen Engineering · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Solmetex's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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 Solmetex?

Each dot is one of Solmetex’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). Solmetex’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Solmetex's grants concentrate

Solmetex, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 51.9% of grants classified under A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Solmetex sits between Sofec, Inc. and Sugarfina, Inc..

Solmetex's three-year grant acceleration

Solmetex, LLC shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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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Sugarfina

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What this shows Solmetex holds 27 patents at rank #11,429, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Solmetex

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,429 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61C (Dentistry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Solmetex, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61C (Dentistry), Solmetex ranks #66 of 546 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Control Components, Inc. 46 Intellectual Property Group, LLC 46 HÜBNER GmbH & Co. KG 46 Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. 46

Solmetex's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Solmetex, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	11.1%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	2	7.4%
2022	3	11.1%
2023	7	25.9%
2024	7	25.9%
2025partial year	2	7.4%

Which technologies does Solmetex, LLC patent most?

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 14

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

B01D - Separation 3

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

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

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

Solmetex, LLC's lead technology class is A61C (DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene), 51.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61C
Ranked #11,445 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Solmetex, LLC against Sofec, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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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