USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Chevron Oronite Company Llc

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 90 granted patents across 23 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: C10M (LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS ; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

19.4

Avg claims per patent

-36%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Chevron holds 90 US patents across 23 technology areas, rank #3,999 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#3,999
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -36%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Chevron Oronite Company Llc has been granted 90 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Chevron Oronite Company Llc at rank #3,999 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 23 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 19.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in C10M (LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS ; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION). As a US Corporation, Chevron Oronite Company Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Chevron sits between Arizona Board OF Regents, A BODY Corporate OF THE State OF Arizona Acting FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University (90 patents, rank #3,995) and Dicastal North America, Inc. (90 patents, rank #4,003) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 52.6/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 35 grants, compared with 55 in the 2015–2019 window, a -36% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Chevron Oronite Company Llc's 19.4 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a multi-domain presence across 23 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Chevron Oronite Company Llc against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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Chevron Oronite ◀

90

What this shows Chevron holds 90 patents at rank #3,999, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chevron

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,999 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10M (Lubricating Compositions)

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

Chevron's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 50,000 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.

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Chevron Oronite Company Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	19	21.1%
2016	20	22.2%
2017	6	6.7%
2018	5	5.6%
2019	5	5.6%
2020	8	8.9%
2021	2	2.2%
2022	5	5.6%
2023	6	6.7%
2024	8	8.9%
2025	6	6.7%

Which technologies does Chevron Oronite Company Llc patent most?

C10M - LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS ; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION 75

C10N - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS C10M RELATING TO LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS 71

C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 15

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 11

C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 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 9

E21B - EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS 7

F17D - PIPE-LINE SYSTEMS; PIPE-LINES 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 5

C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS 3

C10G - CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION ; RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES 3

C07F - ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN, SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM 3

F02B - INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL 3

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,999

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

52.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Chevron Oronite Company Llc hold?

Chevron Oronite Company Llc holds 90 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Chevron Oronite Company Llc's Innovation Score?

Chevron Oronite Company Llc has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Chevron Oronite Company Llc focus on?

Chevron Oronite Company Llc's top technology area is C10M (LUBRICATING COMPOSITIONS ; USE OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES EITHER ALONE OR AS LUBRICATING INGREDIENTS IN A LUBRICATING COMPOSITION) with 75 patents. The company has filed patents in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Chevron Oronite Company Llc's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Chevron Oronite Company Llc's recent filing velocity is -36% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Chevron Oronite Company Llc's patents?

Chevron Oronite Company Llc's patents average 19.4 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Chevron Oronite Company 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.

How to use this portfolio

Chevron's 90 grants land it in the top 10% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Chevron ranks #3,999 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in C10M - see who else leads that technology area. C10M leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

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.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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.