Where does Adhesives Research, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Adhesives Research, Inc. ranks #30,745 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 Adhesives Research, Inc. hold?

Adhesives Research, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Adhesives Research, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Adhesives Research, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.3 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Adhesives Research, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Adhesives Research, Inc.'s patents?

Adhesives Research, Inc.'s patents average 22.4 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 Adhesives Research, 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

Adhesives Research, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Adhesives Research, Inc. focus on?

Adhesives Research, Inc.'s top technology area is C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives) with 5 patents, ranking #183 of 837 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Adhesives ranks #30,745 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 17 technology areas.

#30,745
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.3/100): 22.4
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30745 · US Corporation #30,745 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,745/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acuant
CPC-FOCUS C09J · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acuant, Inc. (±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 Adhesives’s 42.3 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 7.6 pts (18%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 14.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 13.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adhesives Research · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Adhesives's Innovation Score is 42.3/100 (top 31% 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 Adhesives?

Each dot is one of Adhesives’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). Adhesives’s own 22.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 21.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Adhesives's grants concentrate

Adhesives Research, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Adhesives sits between Acuant, Inc. and Advantech Global, Ltd.

Adhesives's three-year grant acceleration

Adhesives Research, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Acuant

8
Adcura

8
Adenda Media

8
Adensis

8
Advanced Intercon…

8
Advanced Machine…

8
Advanced Scientif…

8
Advantech Global

8
Adhesives Research ◀

8

What this shows Adhesives holds 8 patents at rank #30,855, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Adhesives

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09J (Adhesives)

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

Adhesives's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Adhesives Research, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	50.0%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Adhesives Research, Inc. patent most?

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

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

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

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

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

Adhesives Research, Inc.'s lead technology class is C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09J
Ranked #30,745 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Adhesives Research, Inc. against Acuant, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.3/100 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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