Where does Solvay Fluor GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Solvay Fluor GMBH ranks #43,213 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 Solvay Fluor GMBH hold?

Solvay Fluor GMBH holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Solvay Fluor GMBH's Innovation Score?

Solvay Fluor GMBH has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Solvay Fluor GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Solvay Fluor GMBH's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Solvay Fluor GMBH's patents?

Solvay Fluor GMBH's patents average 17.5 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 Solvay Fluor 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

Solvay Fluor GMBH

Q: What technology areas does Solvay Fluor GMBH focus on?

Solvay Fluor GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 3 patents, ranking #537 of 1,623 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Solvay ranks #43,213 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#43,213
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43213 · Foreign Corporation #43,213 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,213/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Solid Carbon Products
CPC-FOCUS B23K · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Solid Carbon Products, LLC (±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 Solvay’s 35.6 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (19%) Breadth 11.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Solvay Fluor · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Solvay's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Solvay?

Each dot is one of Solvay’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). Solvay’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Solvay's grants concentrate

Solvay Fluor GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Solvay sits between Solid Carbon Products, LLC and Sonuus Limited.

Solvay's three-year grant acceleration

Solvay Fluor GMBH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Solid Carbon Prod…

6
Solon Manufacturi…

6
Solteam Incorpora…

6
Solution Seeker AS

6
Sonarmed

6
Sonoscape Medical

6
Sonosim

6
Sonuus

6
Solvay Fluor ◀

6

What this shows Solvay holds 6 patents at rank #42,948, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Solvay

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,948 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23K (Soldering OR Unsoldering)

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

Solvay's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Solvay Fluor GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	50.0%
2017	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Solvay Fluor GMBH patent most?

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 3

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

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

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Solvay Fluor GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Solvay Fluor GMBH's lead technology class is 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), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23K
Ranked #43,213 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Solvay Fluor GMBH against Solid Carbon Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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