USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Cabot Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 125 granted patents across 63 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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125

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

20.3

Avg claims per patent

-58%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Cabot holds 125 US patents across 63 technology areas, rank #3,034 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,034
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.1/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -58%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Cabot Corporation has been granted 125 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Cabot Corporation at rank #3,034 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 63 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 20.3 claims per patent with primary concentration in C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). As a US Corporation, Cabot Corporation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Cabot sits between Zobele Holding SPA (126 patents, rank #3,030) and HGCI, Inc. (125 patents, rank #3,038) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 57.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 37 grants, compared with 88 in the 2015–2019 window, a -58% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Cabot Corporation's 20.3 average claims per patent reflects complex, broadly scoped inventions that are difficult for competitors to design around, while a multi-domain presence across 63 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Cabot Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Cabot holds 125 patents at rank #3,034, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cabot

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,034 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Cabot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 50,000 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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Cabot Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	21	16.8%
2016	14	11.2%
2017	14	11.2%
2018	26	20.8%
2019	13	10.4%
2020	7	5.6%
2021	11	8.8%
2022	5	4.0%
2023	2	1.6%
2024	8	6.4%
2025	4	3.2%

Which technologies does Cabot Corporation patent most?

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 55

C09C - TREATMENT OF INORGANIC MATERIALS, OTHER THAN FIBROUS FILLERS, TO ENHANCE THEIR PIGMENTING OR FILLING PROPERTIES ; PREPARATION OF CARBON BLACK ; ; PREPARATION OF INORGANIC MATERIALS WHICH ARE NO SINGLE CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS AND WHICH ARE MAINLY USED AS PIGMENTS OR FILLERS 48

C01P - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO STRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF SOLID INORGANIC COMPOUNDS 47

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 34

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 25

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 24

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 24

H01M - PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY 21

B82Y - SPECIFIC USES OR APPLICATIONS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MEASUREMENT OR ANALYSIS OF NANOSTRUCTURES; MANUFACTURE OR TREATMENT OF NANOSTRUCTURES 17

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 14

C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS 13

C01B - NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; ; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C 13

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY 13

C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 12

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 11

Top 15 of 63 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Complex

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,034

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Cabot Corporation hold?

Cabot Corporation holds 125 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 63 technology areas.

What is Cabot Corporation's Innovation Score?

Cabot Corporation has an Innovation Score of 57.1 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cabot Corporation focus on?

Cabot Corporation's top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 55 patents. The company has filed patents in 63 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cabot Corporation's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Cabot Corporation's recent filing velocity is -58% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Cabot Corporation's patents?

Cabot Corporation's patents average 20.3 claims each. This indicates complex, broadly scoped patents that are harder for competitors to design around.

How is the Cabot Corporation 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.

How to use this portfolio

Cabot's 125 grants land it in the top 5% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Cabot ranks #3,034 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in C08K - see who else leads that technology area. C08K leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.