Where does SunEdison Semiconductor Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SunEdison Semiconductor Limited ranks #27,532 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 Semiconductor Limited hold?

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is SunEdison Semiconductor Limited's Innovation Score?

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile 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 Semiconductor Limited focus on?

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited's top technology area is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10) with 7 patents, ranking #1,149 of 3,373 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is SunEdison Semiconductor Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited'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 Semiconductor Limited's patents?

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited's patents average 19.5 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 Semiconductor Limited 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 Semiconductor Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunedison ranks #27,532 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 15 technology areas.

#27,532
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27532 · US Corporation #27,532 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,532/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stroz Friedberg
CPC-FOCUS H01L · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stroz Friedberg, 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 33.7 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (35%)

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What this shows Sunedison's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th 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 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 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.0 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 Semiconductor Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Sunedison sits between Stroz Friedberg, LLC and Sympateco, Inc..

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What this shows SunEdison holds 10 patents at rank #27,536, 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 #27,536 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10)

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

Sunedison's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 Semiconductor Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	40.0%
2016	4	40.0%
2018	2	20.0%

Which technologies does SunEdison Semiconductor Limited patent most?

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 7

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 3

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 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

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

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Semiconductor Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SunEdison Semiconductor Limited's lead technology class is H01L (Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01L
Ranked #27,532 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SunEdison Semiconductor Limited against Stroz Friedberg, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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