Where does Catexel Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Catexel Limited ranks #45,502 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 Catexel Limited hold?

Catexel Limited holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Catexel Limited's Innovation Score?

Catexel Limited has an Innovation Score of 27.1 out of 100 (23rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Catexel Limited focus on?

Catexel Limited's top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 2 patents, ranking #983 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Catexel Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Catexel Limited's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Catexel Limited's patents?

Catexel Limited's patents average 17.2 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 Catexel Limited 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

Catexel Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 9 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: C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Catexel ranks #45,502 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 9 technology areas.

#45,502
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.1/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45502 · Foreign Corporation #45,502 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,502/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cata
CPC-NARROW C08K · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cata, 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 Catexel’s 27.1 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 6.2 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (39%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Catexel · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Catexel's Innovation Score is 27.1/100 (23rd percentile 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 Catexel?

Each dot is one of Catexel’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). Catexel’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Catexel's grants concentrate

Catexel Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Catexel sits between Cata, LLC and Caveon, LLC.

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What this shows Catexel holds 5 patents at rank #45,764, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Catexel

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,764 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Catexel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% 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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Catexel Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Catexel Limited patent most?

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

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 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

D06L - Dry-cleaning, Washing OR Bleaching Fibres, Filaments, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Made-up Fibrous GOODS; Bleaching Leather OR Furs 1

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

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

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Catexel Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Catexel Limited's lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #45,502 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Catexel Limited against Cata, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.1/100 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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