Where does ASK Chemicals GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ASK Chemicals GmbH ranks #8,534 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 ASK Chemicals GmbH hold?

ASK Chemicals GmbH holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is ASK Chemicals GmbH's Innovation Score?

ASK Chemicals GmbH has an Innovation Score of 48.3 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ASK Chemicals GmbH focus on?

ASK Chemicals GmbH's top technology area is B22C (Foundry Moulding) with 30 patents, ranking #5 of 136 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is ASK Chemicals GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ASK Chemicals GmbH's recent grant velocity is +77% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ASK Chemicals GmbH's patents?

ASK Chemicals GmbH's patents average 18.9 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 ASK Chemicals GmbH 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

ASK Chemicals GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 22 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: B22C (Foundry Moulding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, ASK ranks #8,534 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 22 technology areas.

#8,534
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.3/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: +77%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8534 · Foreign Corporation #8,534 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,534/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ABS Global
CPC-FOCUS B22C · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +77% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ABS Global, 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 ASK’s 48.3 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 12.6 pts (26%) Velocity 7.8 pts (16%) Breadth 16.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Android Industries · near

48
ASK Chemicals · this assignee

48
Durr Systems · near

48
Flowco Production… · near

48
Moxa · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows ASK's Innovation Score is 48.3/100 (top 17% 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 ASK?

Each dot is one of ASK’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). ASK’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where ASK's grants concentrate

ASK Chemicals GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 81.1% of grants classified under B22C (Foundry Moulding). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, ASK sits between ABS Global, Inc. and Adrian Steel Company.

ASK's three-year grant acceleration

ASK Chemicals GmbH shows 14 grants in 2022–2024 against only 12 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.

ABS Global

37
ABT

37
Allnex Austria

37
Allplants Holding…

37
Aulton NEW Energy…

37
Autotech Engineer…

37
Actifio

37
Adrian Steel

37
ASK Chemicals ◀

37

What this shows ASK holds 37 patents at rank #8,526, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ASK

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,526 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22C (Foundry Moulding)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ASK, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B22C (Foundry Moulding), ASK ranks #5 of 136 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Android Industries LLC 48 Flowco Production Solutions, LLC 48 Durr Systems, Inc. 48 Moxa Inc. 48

ASK's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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ASK Chemicals GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.7%
2016	1	2.7%
2017	1	2.7%
2018	7	18.9%
2019	3	8.1%
2020	6	16.2%
2021	3	8.1%
2022	5	13.5%
2023	3	8.1%
2024	6	16.2%
2025partial year	1	2.7%

Which technologies does ASK Chemicals GmbH patent most?

B22C - Foundry Moulding 30

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 10

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 10

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 7

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

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 4

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 3

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 3

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 3

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

ASK Chemicals GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ASK Chemicals GmbH's lead technology class is B22C (Foundry Moulding), 81.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22C
Ranked #8,534 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ASK Chemicals GmbH against ABS Global, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.3/100 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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