Where does Cerion, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cerion, LLC ranks #12,384 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 Cerion, LLC hold?

Cerion, LLC holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Cerion, LLC's Innovation Score?

Cerion, LLC has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Cerion, LLC focus on?

Cerion, LLC's top technology area is C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds) with 16 patents, ranking #75 of 939 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Cerion, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cerion, LLC's recent grant velocity is -80% 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 Cerion, LLC's patents?

Cerion, LLC's patents average 13.0 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 Cerion, LLC 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

Cerion, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cerion ranks #12,384 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 22 technology areas.

#12,384
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12384 · US Corporation #12,384 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,384/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cal Poly
CPC-FOCUS C01P · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cal Poly Corporation (±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 Cerion’s 36.9 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 11.1 pts (30%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 16.6 pts (45%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cerion · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cerion's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Cerion?

Each dot is one of Cerion’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). Cerion’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Cerion's grants concentrate

Cerion, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Cerion sits between Cyngn, Inc. and CorTec GmbH.

Cerion's three-year grant acceleration

Cerion, LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Cyngn

24
Cal Poly

24
Cassidian SAS

24
Catalyst Medium F…

24
Changzhou AAC Ray…

24
Classic Auto Air…

24
Comcast Cable Hol…

24
Cortec

24
Cerion ◀

24

What this shows Cerion holds 24 patents at rank #12,391, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cerion

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,391 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspec…)

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

Cerion's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cerion, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	12.5%
2016	7	29.2%
2017	4	16.7%
2018	4	16.7%
2019	2	8.3%
2020	3	12.5%
2023	1	4.2%

Which technologies does Cerion, LLC patent most?

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 16

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 12

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 9

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 6

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 5

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 4

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 3

F41C - Smallarms, e.g. Pistols, Rifles ; Accessories Therefor 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

Top 15 of 22 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

Cerion, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cerion, LLC's lead technology class is C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01P
Ranked #12,384 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cerion, LLC against Cyngn, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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