Where does CertainTeed LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CertainTeed LLC ranks #1,362 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 CertainTeed LLC hold?

CertainTeed LLC holds 307 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is CertainTeed LLC's Innovation Score?

CertainTeed LLC has an Innovation Score of 60.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does CertainTeed LLC focus on?

CertainTeed LLC's top technology area is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools) with 145 patents, ranking #2 of 243 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

Is CertainTeed LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CertainTeed LLC's recent grant velocity is +5% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for CertainTeed LLC's patents?

CertainTeed LLC's patents average 16.2 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 CertainTeed 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

CertainTeed LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 307 granted patents across 60 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Certainteed ranks #1,362 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 307 patents across 60 technology areas.

#1,362
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (60.0/100): 16.2
avg claims per patent: +5%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1362 · US Corporation #1,362 · 307 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 307 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,362/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Naver
CPC-WIDE E04D · 60 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +5% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Naver 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 Certainteed’s 60.0 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 19.8 pts (33%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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KT · near

60
CertainTeed · this assignee

60
Jing-jin Electric · near

60
Science Applications… · near

60
Wilus Institute OF… · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Certainteed's Innovation Score is 60.0/100 (top 4% 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 Certainteed?

Each dot is one of Certainteed’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). Certainteed’s own 16.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Certainteed's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, CertainTeed LLC received 151 grants versus 144 in 2015–2019 (+5% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 38 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 16. Lead class E04D accounts for 47.2% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Glory Ltd. (#1,358) and Verizon Media Inc. (#1,366).

Certainteed's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, CertainTeed LLC moved from 99 to 82 grants (0.83x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,731. See the growth leaderboard.

Glory

309
Gwangju Institute…

309
Twilio

309
Shanghai Jiao Ton…

308
Naver

307
Southwest Petrole…

307
The Chinese Unive…

307
Verizon Media

307
Certainteed ◀

307

What this shows CertainTeed holds 307 patents at rank #1,362, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CertainTeed

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,362 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04D (Roof Coverings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for CertainTeed, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04D (Roof Coverings), CertainTeed ranks #2 of 243 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Jing-jin Electric Technologies Co., Ltd. 60 Wilus Institute OF Standards AND Technology Inc. 60 Science Applications International Corporation 60 KT Corporation 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.2 here).

The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 16.2 avg Bmic LLC 16.2 avg Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. 16.2 avg Framatome 16.2 avg

Certainteed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 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.

View data table

CertainTeed LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	38	12.4%
2016	28	9.1%
2017	32	10.4%
2018	16	5.2%
2019	30	9.8%
2020	37	12.1%
2021	32	10.4%
2022	27	8.8%
2023	34	11.1%
2024	21	6.8%
2025partial year	12	3.9%

Which technologies does CertainTeed LLC patent most?

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 145

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 92

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 69

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 63

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 54

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 50

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 38

H02S - Generation OF Electric Power BY Conversion OF Infrared Radiation, Visible Light OR Ultraviolet Light, e.g. Using Photovoltaic [PV] Modules 34

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 33

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 31

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 24

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 23

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 23

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 23

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 20

Top 15 of 60 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

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

CertainTeed LLC's lead technology class is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools), 47.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04D
Ranked #1,362 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CertainTeed LLC against Glory Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.0/100 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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