Where does Sunrun Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sunrun Inc. ranks #13,717 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 Sunrun Inc. hold?

Sunrun Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Sunrun Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sunrun Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.7 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sunrun Inc. focus on?

Sunrun Inc.'s top technology area is F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems) with 16 patents, ranking #17 of 287 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

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

Sunrun Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +433% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sunrun Inc.'s patents?

Sunrun Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Sunrun 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

Sunrun Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sunrun ranks #13,717 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 16 technology areas.

#13,717
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.7/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +433%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13717 · US Corporation #13,717 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,717/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stabilock
CPC-FOCUS F24S · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +433% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stabilock, 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 Sunrun’s 49.7 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 10.8 pts (22%) Velocity 13.3 pts (27%) Breadth 14.1 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (23%)

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What this shows Sunrun's Innovation Score is 49.7/100 (top 14% 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 Sunrun?

Each dot is one of Sunrun’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). Sunrun’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sunrun's grants concentrate

Sunrun Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Sunrun sits between Stabilock, LLC and TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.R.L.

Sunrun's three-year grant acceleration

Sunrun Inc. shows 12 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

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What this shows Sunrun holds 22 patents at rank #13,715, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sunrun

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,715 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24S (Solar Heat Collectors)

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

Sunrun's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Sunrun Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	2	9.1%
2022	4	18.2%
2023	7	31.8%
2024	1	4.5%
2025partial year	3	13.6%

Which technologies does Sunrun Inc. patent most?

F24S - Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems 16

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 13

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 12

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 8

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G01W - Meteorology 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

Top 15 of 16 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

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

Sunrun Inc.'s lead technology class is F24S (Solar Heat COLLECTORS; Solar Heat Systems), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24S
Ranked #13,717 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sunrun Inc. against Stabilock, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.7/100 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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