Where does Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH ranks #10,893 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 Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH hold?

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's Innovation Score?

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH has an Innovation Score of 37.6 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's recent grant velocity is -78% 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 Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's patents?

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's patents average 14.3 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 Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH 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

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH focus on?

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 19 patents, ranking #248 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Clariant ranks #10,893 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 22 technology areas.

#10,893
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.6/100): 14.3
avg claims per patent: -78%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10893 · Foreign Corporation #10,893 · 28 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,893/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Caldwell Manufacturi…
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -78% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, 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 Clariant’s 37.6 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 11.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.8 pts (2%) Breadth 16.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Clariant Produkte… · this assignee

38
Microtech Knives · near

38
National Presto… · near

38
REG Life Sciences · near

38
xAd · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Clariant's Innovation Score is 37.6/100 (top 43% 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 Clariant?

Each dot is one of Clariant’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). Clariant’s own 14.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Clariant's grants concentrate

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 67.9% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Clariant sits between Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLC and Comau LLC.

Clariant's three-year grant acceleration

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Caldwell Manufact…

28
Carlsberg Breweri…

28
Cerebri AI

28
Cianna Medical

28
Clean Energy Labs

28
Clearcam

28
Clearsign

28
Comau

28
Clariant Produkte… ◀

28

What this shows Clariant holds 28 patents at rank #10,900, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Clariant

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,900 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Clariant, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Clariant ranks #248 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

REG Life Sciences, LLC 38 xAd, Inc. 38 National Presto Industries, Inc. 38 Microtech Knives, Inc. 38

Clariant's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% 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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Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	10.7%
2016	5	17.9%
2017	7	25.0%
2018	4	14.3%
2019	4	14.3%
2020	1	3.6%
2021	3	10.7%
2023	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 19

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 14

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 8

B01D - Separation 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

C12Y - Enzymes 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 1

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

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 67.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #10,893 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH against Caldwell Manufacturing Company North America, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.6/100 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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