Where does SunEdison, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SunEdison, Inc. ranks #11,455 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 SunEdison, Inc. hold?

SunEdison, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 35 technology areas.

What is SunEdison, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SunEdison, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.7 out of 100 (top 25% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SunEdison, Inc. focus on?

SunEdison, Inc.'s top technology area is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c) with 12 patents, ranking #189 of 1,689 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 35 CPC subclasses total.

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

SunEdison, 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 SunEdison, Inc.'s patents?

SunEdison, Inc.'s patents average 20.5 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 SunEdison, 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

SunEdison, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 35 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: C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunedison ranks #11,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 35 technology areas.

#11,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.7/100): 20.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11455 · US Corporation #11,455 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Southern Imperial
CPC-FOCUS C01B · 35 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.7/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Southern Imperial 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 Sunedison’s 44.7 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 (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.9 pts (47%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chongqing Jinkang… · near

45
FlatFrog Laboratorie… · near

45
Neonode · near

45
SunEdison · this assignee

45
ZTE Wistron Telecom AB · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sunedison's Innovation Score is 44.7/100 (top 25% 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 Sunedison?

Each dot is one of Sunedison’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). Sunedison’s own 20.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sunedison's grants concentrate

SunEdison, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 35 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (17 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Sunedison sits between Southern Imperial LLC and Techno-umg Co., Ltd..

Southern Imperial

27
Sparq Systems

27
Stahls'

27
Star Luminal

27
Suominen

27
Swiss Timing

27
TCO Group AS

27
Techno-umg

27
Sunedison ◀

27

What this shows SunEdison holds 27 patents at rank #11,452, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SunEdison

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,452 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01B (Non-metallic Elements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SunEdison, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C01B (Non-metallic Elements), SunEdison ranks #189 of 1,689 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

ZTE Wistron Telecom AB 45 Chongqing Jinkang NEW Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd. 45 Neonode Inc. 45 FlatFrog Laboratories AB 45

Sunedison's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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SunEdison, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	63.0%
2016	9	33.3%
2017	1	3.7%

Which technologies does SunEdison, Inc. patent most?

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 12

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 9

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 6

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 5

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 5

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 2

F25J - Liquefaction, Solidification OR Separation OF Gases OR Gaseous ; OR Liquefied GASEOUS; Mixtures BY Pressure AND Cold Treatment ; OR BY Bringing Them Into THE Supercritical State 2

B01D - Separation 2

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 2

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 1

Top 15 of 35 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

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

SunEdison, Inc.'s lead technology class is C01B (Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01B
Ranked #11,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SunEdison, Inc. against Southern Imperial LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.7/100 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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