Where does Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V ranks #2,651 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 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V hold?

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V holds 146 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's Innovation Score?

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V has an Innovation Score of 51.8 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's recent grant velocity is -99% 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 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's patents?

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's patents average 15.3 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 Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V 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

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V

Q: What technology areas does Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V focus on?

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 34 patents, ranking #114 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 146 granted patents across 55 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Akzo ranks #2,651 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 146 patents across 55 technology areas.

#2,651
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.8/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -99%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2651 · Foreign Corporation #2,651 · 146 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 146 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,651/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alexion Pharmaceutic…
CPC-WIDE C08K · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -99% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, 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 Akzo’s 51.8 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 17.2 pts (33%) Velocity 0.4 pts (1%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cavium · near

52
VID Scale · near

52
Akzo Nobel Chemicals… · this assignee

52
First Quality Tissue · near

52
Georgia-Pacific… · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Akzo's Innovation Score is 51.8/100 (top 11% 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 Akzo?

Each dot is one of Akzo’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). Akzo’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Akzo's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V received 2 grants versus 144 in 2015–2019 (-99% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 35 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 1. Lead class C08K accounts for 23.3% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sage Products, LLC (#2,649) and FMC Corporation (#2,657).

Akzo's three-year grant acceleration

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 18 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.

Sage Products

147
Unison Industries

147
Apollo Intelligen…

146
Assa Abloy Americ…

146
Alexion Pharmaceu…

146
Brita

146
Dorco

146
FMC

146
Akzo Nobel Chemic… ◀

146

What this shows Akzo holds 146 patents at rank #2,653, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Akzo

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,653 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Akzo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…), Akzo ranks #114 of 1,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

VID Scale, Inc. 52 Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC 52 Cavium, LLC. 52 First Quality Tissue, LLC 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.3 here).

Nivarox-FAR S.A. 15.3 avg Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg 15.3 avg LX Semicon Co., Ltd. 15.3 avg Metso Minerals, Inc. 15.3 avg

Akzo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

View data table

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	31	21.2%
2016	28	19.2%
2017	35	24.0%
2018	33	22.6%
2019	17	11.6%
2021	1	0.7%
2024	1	0.7%

Which technologies does Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V patent most?

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 34

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 31

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 27

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 24

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 22

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 21

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 18

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 18

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 18

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 17

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 14

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 8

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 8

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 7

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 7

Top 15 of 55 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V's lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 23.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #2,651 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V against Sage Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.8/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.