Overall rank by patents
#11,596
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: C03C (CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MA).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Centre ranks #11,596 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 18 technology areas.
Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.a. (c.r.v.c.) has been granted 26 US utility patents between 2015 and 2018, placing Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.a. (c.r.v.c.) at #11,596 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 18 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 13.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in C03C (CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF GLASSES, GLAZES OR VITREOUS ENAMELS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF GLASS; SURFACE TREATMENT OF FIBRES OR FILAMENTS MADE FROM GLASS, MINERALS OR SLAGS; JOINING GLASS TO GLASS OR OTHER MA). As a Foreign Corporation, Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.a. (c.r.v.c.) is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Centre sits between Cardiac Assist Holdings, Llc (26 patents, rank #11,595) and China Jiliang University (26 patents, rank #11,603) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 34.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 0 grants, compared with 26 in the 2015–2019 window, a -100% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Centre Luxembourgeois De Recherches Pour Le Verre Et La Ceramique S.a. (c.r.v.c.)'s 13.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 18 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Cardiac Assist Holdings, LLC
26 patents
Caroma Industries Limited
26 patents
Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd.
26 patents
Centre Firearms Co., Inc.
26 patents
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
26 patents
Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd.
26 patents
Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc.
26 patents
China Jiliang University
26 patents
Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.)
26 patents
What this shows Centre holds 26 patents at rank #11,599, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #11,599 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Centre's primary technology class.
Centre's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 53% higher than 47% of 50,000 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
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | 26.9% |
| 2016 | 5 | 19.2% |
| 2017 | 12 | 46.2% |
| 2018 | 2 | 7.7% |
Top 15 of 18 technology areas
Historical grant data only; it does not rate legal strength or current strategy.
Overall rank by patents
#11,596
of 50,000 tracked assignees
34.2 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
Centre's 26 grants land it in the top 53% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
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.
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.