Where does Covestro LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Covestro LLC ranks #1,749 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 Covestro LLC hold?

Covestro LLC holds 232 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 82 technology areas.

What is Covestro LLC's Innovation Score?

Covestro LLC has an Innovation Score of 59.3 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%).

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

Covestro LLC's recent grant velocity is +95% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

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

Covestro LLC's patents average 16.4 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 Covestro 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

Covestro LLC

Q: What technology areas does Covestro LLC focus on?

Covestro LLC's top technology area is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds) with 149 patents, ranking #22 of 1,741 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 82 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 232 granted patents across 82 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: C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Covestro ranks #1,749 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 232 patents across 82 technology areas.

#1,749
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.3/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: +95%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1749 · US Corporation #1,749 · 232 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 232 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,749/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH ENI S P A
CPC-WIDE C08G · 82 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +95% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: ENI S.P.A. (±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 Covestro’s 59.3 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 18.8 pts (32%) Velocity 5.6 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Assistance PUBLIQUE—… · near

59
Covestro · this assignee

59
Hefei BOE Optoelectr… · near

59
Koki Holdings · near

59
NEC Platforms · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Covestro's Innovation Score is 59.3/100 (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 Covestro?

Each dot is one of Covestro’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). Covestro’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Covestro's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Covestro LLC received 150 grants versus 77 in 2015–2019 (+95% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 46 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 2. Lead class C08G accounts for 64.2% of the portfolio across 82 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Evoqua Water Technologies LLC (#1,745) and OFS Fitel, LLC (#1,753).

Covestro's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Covestro LLC moved from 94 to 79 grants (0.84x 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 #1,688. See the growth leaderboard.

Evoqua Water

233
Magna Internation…

233
Sidel Participati…

233
United States Gyp…

233
ENI S P A

232
Hydro-gear Partne…

232
Medtronic Navigat…

232
OFS Fitel

232
Covestro ◀

232

What this shows Covestro holds 232 patents at rank #1,749, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Covestro

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,749 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Covestro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY React…), Covestro ranks #22 of 1,741 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Koki Holdings Co., Ltd. 59 Assistance PUBLIQUE—HÔPITAUX DE Paris (APHP) 59 NEC Platforms, Ltd. 59 Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Commerce 16.4 avg Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH 16.4 avg Fingerprint Cards Anacatum IP AB 16.4 avg ITT Italia S.r.l. 16.4 avg

Covestro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 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

Covestro LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	0.9%
2016	13	5.6%
2017	14	6.0%
2018	25	10.8%
2019	23	9.9%
2020	46	19.8%
2021	25	10.8%
2022	33	14.2%
2023	26	11.2%
2024	20	8.6%
2025partial year	5	2.2%

Which technologies does Covestro LLC patent most?

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 149

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 56

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 51

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 42

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 38

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 30

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 29

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 24

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 21

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 18

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 17

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 16

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 16

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 13

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 11

Top 15 of 82 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

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

Covestro LLC's lead technology class is C08G (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds), 64.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08G
Ranked #1,749 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Covestro LLC against Evoqua Water Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.3/100 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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