Where does Croda, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Croda, Inc. ranks #11,980 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 Croda, Inc. hold?

Croda, Inc. holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Croda, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Croda, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.0 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Croda, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Croda, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Croda, Inc.'s patents?

Croda, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Croda, Inc. 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

Croda, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Croda, Inc. focus on?

Croda, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #40 of 233 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Croda ranks #11,980 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 26 technology areas.

#11,980
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.0/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11980 · US Corporation #11,980 · 25 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #11,980/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cleveland State…
CPC-FOCUS C11B · 26 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cleveland State University (±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 Croda’s 41.0 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 11.3 pts (28%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 18.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Croda · this assignee

41
JCM American · near

41
Princeton Identity · near

41
Tokushima University · near

41
Université Pierre… · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Croda's Innovation Score is 41.0/100 (top 34% 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 Croda?

Each dot is one of Croda’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). Croda’s own 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Croda's grants concentrate

Croda, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 24% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Croda sits between Cleveland State University and Deep Render Ltd..

Croda's three-year grant acceleration

Croda, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

Cleveland State U…

25
Consort Medical

25
Continental Advan…

25
Cree Fayetteville

25
Cytosorbents

25
Dana TM4

25
DEB IP

25
Deep Render

25
Croda ◀

25

What this shows Croda holds 25 patents at rank #11,981, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Croda

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,981 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C11B (Producing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Croda, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C11B (Producing), Croda ranks #40 of 233 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Princeton Identity 41 Université Pierre et Marie Curie 41 Tokushima University 41 JCM American Corporation 41

Croda's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Croda, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	16.0%
2016	1	4.0%
2017	5	20.0%
2018	3	12.0%
2020	3	12.0%
2021	7	28.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2024	1	4.0%

Which technologies does Croda, Inc. patent most?

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 6

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

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

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 4

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 3

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 3

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 3

B01D - Separation 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

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 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

Top 15 of 26 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

Croda, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Croda, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 24% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C11B
Ranked #11,980 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Croda, Inc. against Cleveland State University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.0/100 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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