Where does Switch Materials, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Switch Materials, Inc. ranks #12,248 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 Switch Materials, Inc. hold?

Switch Materials, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Switch Materials, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Switch Materials, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.3 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Switch Materials, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Switch Materials, Inc.'s patents?

Switch Materials, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Switch Materials, 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 Foreign Corporation

Switch Materials, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Switch Materials, Inc. focus on?

Switch Materials, Inc.'s top technology area is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters) with 22 patents, ranking #175 of 1,354 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Switch ranks #12,248 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 17 technology areas.

#12,248
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.3/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12248 · Foreign Corporation #12,248 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,248/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sabert
CPC-FOCUS G02F · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sabert Corporation (±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 Switch’s 37.3 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 11.3 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Airspan Networks · near

37
Kratos · near

37
Össur hf · near

37
RPC Bramlage · near

37
Switch Materials · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Switch's Innovation Score is 37.3/100 (top 44% 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 Switch?

Each dot is one of Switch’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). Switch’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Switch's grants concentrate

Switch Materials, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 88% of grants classified under G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Switch sits between Sunday Afternoons, Inc. and Seerstone, LLC.

Sunday Afternoons

25
Suspa

25
Suzhou Oriental S…

25
Swep Internationa…

25
Sabert

25
Saitama Medical U…

25
Schleifring

25
Seerstone

25
Switch Materials ◀

25

What this shows Switch holds 25 patents at rank #12,231, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Switch

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,231 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Switch, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light…), Switch ranks #175 of 1,354 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

RPC Bramlage GmbH 37 Össur hf 37 Kratos LLC 37 Airspan Networks Inc. 37

Switch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Switch Materials, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.0%
2016	2	8.0%
2017	4	16.0%
2018	6	24.0%
2019	7	28.0%
2020	5	20.0%

Which technologies does Switch Materials, Inc. patent most?

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 22

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 20

G02C - SPECTACLES; Sunglasses OR Goggles Insofar AS They Have THE Same Features AS SPECTACLES; Contact Lenses 14

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 10

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Switch Materials, Inc.'s lead technology class is G02F (Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optica), 88% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02F
Ranked #12,248 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Switch Materials, Inc. against Sunday Afternoons, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.3/100 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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