Where does Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC ranks #5,495 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 Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC hold?

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 42 technology areas.

What is Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's Innovation Score?

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC has an Innovation Score of 67.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's recent grant velocity is +2500% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's patents?

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's patents average 17.7 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC

Q: What technology areas does Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC focus on?

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 27 patents, ranking #136 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 42 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC 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 PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 42 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: 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, Ascend ranks #5,495 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 42 technology areas.

#5,495
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.8/100): 17.7
avg claims per patent: +2500%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5495 · US Corporation #5,495 · 62 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,495/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbyy Production
CPC-WIDE C08K · 42 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +2500% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbyy Production 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 Ascend’s 67.8 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 14.3 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (29%) Breadth 22.9 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nikon · near

68
Ascend Performance… · this assignee

68
ASM IP Holding B V · near

68
PsiQuantum · near

68
Transportation IP… · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ascend's Innovation Score is 67.8/100 (top 1% 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 Ascend?

Each dot is one of Ascend’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). Ascend’s own 17.7 claims/patent is at or below the 18.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ascend's grants concentrate

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 42 CPC subclasses with 43.5% of grants classified under C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (17 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Ascend sits between Abbyy Production LLC and Beijing Funate Innovation Technology Co., Ltd..

Ascend's three-year grant acceleration

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC shows 39 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Abbyy Production

62
Atrium Medical

62
Afiniti Europe

62
Altiostar Networks

62
August Home

62
Benchmade Knife

62
Bae Systems Häggl…

62
Beijing Funate In…

62
Ascend Performanc… ◀

62

What this shows Ascend holds 62 patents at rank #5,496, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ascend

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,496 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ascend, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…), Ascend ranks #136 of 1,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

Nikon Corporation 68 PsiQuantum Corp. 68 ASM IP Holding B.V. 68 Transportation IP Holdings, LLC 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.7 here).

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. 17.7 avg Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland 17.7 avg Driv Automotive Inc. 17.7 avg BBY Solutions, Inc. 17.7 avg

Ascend's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 Top 1% higher than 99% 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 · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	3.2%
2020	6	9.7%
2021	7	11.3%
2022	16	25.8%
2023	17	27.4%
2024	6	9.7%
2025partial year	8	12.9%

Which technologies does Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC patent most?

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 27

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 25

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 16

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 15

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 12

B01D - Separation 11

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 10

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 10

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 10

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 10

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 9

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 7

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 6

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 6

Top 15 of 42 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

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC's lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 43.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #5,495 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ascend Performance Materials Operations LLC against Abbyy Production LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.8/100 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.