Where does Covia Holdings LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Covia Holdings LLC ranks #39,639 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 Covia Holdings LLC hold?

Covia Holdings LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Covia Holdings LLC's Innovation Score?

Covia Holdings LLC has an Innovation Score of 29.9 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Covia Holdings LLC focus on?

Covia Holdings LLC's top technology area is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 4 patents, ranking #544 of 1,605 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Covia Holdings LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Covia Holdings LLC's recent grant velocity is -50% 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 Covia Holdings LLC's patents?

Covia Holdings LLC's patents average 8.8 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 Covia Holdings 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

Covia Holdings LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Covia ranks #39,639 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 17 technology areas.

#39,639
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.9/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39639 · US Corporation #39,639 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,639/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Covalent Materials
CPC-FOCUS C09K · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Covalent Materials 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 Covia’s 29.9 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 (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (11%) Breadth 14.6 pts (49%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Covia Holdings · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Covia's Innovation Score is 29.9/100 (32nd percentile 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 Covia?

Each dot is one of Covia’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). Covia’s own 8.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Covia's grants concentrate

Covia Holdings LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Covia sits between Covalent Materials Corporation and Cramer LLC.

Covia's three-year grant acceleration

Covia Holdings LLC shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Covalent Materials

6
Coventya S p a

6
Coverupgirlz

6
Covera Health

6
Covves

6
Cowbell Cyber

6
Cpacket Networks

6
Cramer

6
Covia Holdings ◀

6

What this shows Covia holds 6 patents at rank #39,679, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Covia

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,679 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications)

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

Covia's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Covia Holdings LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	50.0%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Covia Holdings LLC patent most?

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

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

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 2

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

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 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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

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

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 15 of 17 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

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

Covia Holdings LLC's lead technology class is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09K
Ranked #39,639 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Covia Holdings LLC against Covalent Materials Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.9/100 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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