Where does Cabot Microelectronics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cabot Microelectronics Corporation ranks #3,799 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 Cabot Microelectronics Corporation hold?

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.8 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cabot Microelectronics Corporation focus on?

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's top technology area is C09G (Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes) with 76 patents, ranking #2 of 48 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's recent grant velocity is -88% 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 Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's patents?

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's patents average 17.3 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 Cabot Microelectronics 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 25 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C09G (Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cabot ranks #3,799 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 25 technology areas.

#3,799
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.8/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3799 · US Corporation #3,799 · 95 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,799/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Abbott Molecular
CPC-FOCUS C09G · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Abbott Molecular 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 Cabot’s 43.8 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 15.8 pts (36%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Outotec Oyj · near

44
Zhongshan Innocloud… · near

44
Cabot Microelectronics · this assignee

44
National Oilwell DHT · near

44
SDG · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cabot's Innovation Score is 43.8/100 (top 27% 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 Cabot?

Each dot is one of Cabot’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). Cabot’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cabot's grants concentrate

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under C09G (Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (27 grants) versus a trough of 10 in 2015. By volume, Cabot sits between Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc. and Daqri, LLC.

Zimmer Biomet Spi…

96
American Airlines

95
Abbott Molecular

95
Beijing Roborock…

95
Comcast Cable Com…

95
Cortica

95
Daido Steel

95
Daqri

95
Cabot Microelectr… ◀

95

What this shows Cabot holds 95 patents at rank #3,799, 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 #3,799 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09G (Polishing Compositions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cabot, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C09G (Polishing Compositions), Cabot ranks #2 of 48 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

National Oilwell DHT, L.P. 44 SDG, LLC 44 Zhongshan Innocloud Intellectual Property Services Co., Ltd. 44 Outotec Oyj 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

Wyeth, LLC 17.3 avg Convida Wireless, LLC 17.3 avg Schlumberger Technology Corporation 17.3 avg Superior Industries, Inc. 17.3 avg

Cabot's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

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 Microelectronics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	10.5%
2016	27	28.4%
2017	24	25.3%
2018	11	11.6%
2019	13	13.7%
2020	10	10.5%

Which technologies does Cabot Microelectronics Corporation patent most?

C09G - Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes 76

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 61

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 50

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 42

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 15

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 6

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 5

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

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 3

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

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

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

Top 15 of 25 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

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cabot Microelectronics Corporation's lead technology class is C09G (Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09G
Ranked #3,799 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cabot Microelectronics Corporation against Zimmer Biomet Spine, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.8/100 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

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