Where does Climax Engineered Materials, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Climax Engineered Materials, LLC ranks #39,498 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 Climax Engineered Materials, LLC hold?

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's Innovation Score?

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.9 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's patents?

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's patents average 25.0 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 Climax Engineered Materials, 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

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Climax Engineered Materials, LLC focus on?

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's top technology area is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition) with 4 patents, ranking #83 of 300 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Climax ranks #39,498 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 16 technology areas.

#39,498
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.9/100): 25.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39498 · US Corporation #39,498 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,498/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Clek
CPC-FOCUS C10M · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 25.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Clek Inc. (±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 Climax’s 35.9 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (39%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Climax's Innovation Score is 35.9/100 (top 48% 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 Climax?

Each dot is one of Climax’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). Climax’s own 25.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Climax's grants concentrate

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Climax sits between Clek Inc. and Clinical Biotechnology Research Institute at Rsfh.

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What this shows Climax holds 6 patents at rank #39,595, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Climax

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,595 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10M (Lubricating Compositions)

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

Climax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Climax Engineered Materials, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	66.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Climax Engineered Materials, LLC patent most?

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

C22C - Alloys 3

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 3

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 3

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 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 3

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Climax Engineered Materials, LLC's lead technology class is C10M (Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10M
Ranked #39,498 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Climax Engineered Materials, LLC against Clek Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.9/100 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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