Overall rank by patents
#9,630
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 37 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G05D (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunlight ranks #9,630 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 37 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R9630 · US Corporation #9,630 · 33 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Siemens Plc (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Elasmogen · near
47 score
ORCA Computing · near
47 score
Sanhua (hangzhou) Mi… · near
47 score
Sunlight Photonics · this assignee
47 score
Tomtom International… · near
47 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Sunlight Photonics Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-PAR, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #9,630 of 50,000; Innovation Score 47.0/100 sits in the top 20% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Siemens Plc (±0 grants).
Sunlight Photonics Inc. has been granted 33 US utility patents between 2015 and 2019, placing Sunlight Photonics Inc. at #9,630 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 37 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 22.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in G05D (SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES). As a US Corporation, Sunlight Photonics Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Sunlight sits between Siemens Plc (33 patents, rank #9,626) and TATA Steel Nederland Technology B.v. (33 patents, rank #9,634) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 47.0/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 33 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Sunlight Photonics Inc.'s 22.1 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 37 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Siemens PLC
33 patents
Sony Europe B.V.
33 patents
Studiengesellschaft Kohle gGmbH
33 patents
Suki AI, Inc.
33 patents
Super73, Inc.
33 patents
SuperD Co. Ltd.
33 patents
TAIGA MOTORS INC.
33 patents
TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY B.V.
33 patents
Sunlight Photonics Inc.
33 patents
What this shows Sunlight holds 33 patents at rank #9,630, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #9,630 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sunlight's primary technology class.
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sunlight, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).
Sunlight's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
47 Top 20% higher than 80% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 18.2% |
| 2016 | 5 | 15.2% |
| 2017 | 11 | 33.3% |
| 2018 | 8 | 24.2% |
| 2019 | 3 | 9.1% |
Top 15 of 37 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#9,630
of 50,000 tracked assignees
47.0 out of 100
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