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SUN AND Steel Solar LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2022–2025. 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: H02S (Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SUN ranks #30,279 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 9 technology areas.

#30,279
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 16%
by Innovation Score (48.6/100)
16.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30279 · US Corporation #30,279 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #30,279/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Stratec Consumables
  • CPC-NARROW H02S · 9 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 48.6/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • SPAN-YRS 2022–2025 · 4y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stratec Consumables GmbH (±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 SUN’s 48.6 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around SUN

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows SUN's Innovation Score is 48.6/100 (top 16% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for SUN?

Each dot is one of SUN’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). SUN’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

SUN vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Stratec Consumables GmbH - 9, 12.22Stratec Consumabl…Stratospheric Airships, LLC - 9, 21.56Stratospheric Air…Strongbridge Dublin Limited - 9, 12.67Strongbridge Dubl…Sumitomo Electric Wintec, Inc. - 9, 9.22Sumitomo Electric…SUN Pharma Global FZE - 9, 10SUN Pharma Global…Sunko INK Co., Ltd. - 9, 14.67Sunko INKSunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. - 9, 15Sunshine Guojian…Suntec Co., Ltd. - 9, 11.11SuntecSUN AND Steel Solar LLC - 9, 16.67SUN AND Steel Sol…
SUN vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where SUN's grants concentrate

SUN AND Steel Solar LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under H02S (Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, SUN sits between Stratec Consumables GmbH and Suntec Co., Ltd..

SUN's three-year grant acceleration

SUN AND Steel Solar LLC shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Who files at SUN's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows SUN holds 9 patents at rank #30,108, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near SUN

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,108 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H02S (Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Ra…)

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

SUN's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 16% higher than 84% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2022–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2022–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SUN AND Steel Solar LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2022 1 11.1%
2023 4 44.4%
2024 3 33.3%
2025partial year 1 11.1%

Which technologies does SUN AND Steel Solar LLC patent most?

Top 9 of 9 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

SUN AND Steel Solar LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • SUN AND Steel Solar LLC's lead technology class is H02S (Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H02S
  • Ranked #30,279 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare SUN AND Steel Solar LLC against Stratec Consumables GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 48.6/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.