Where does Cytec Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cytec Industries, Inc. ranks #2,959 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 Cytec Industries, Inc. hold?

Cytec Industries, Inc. holds 128 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 50 technology areas.

What is Cytec Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Cytec Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 55.2 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Cytec Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Cytec Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Cytec Industries, Inc.'s patents average 15.2 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 Cytec Industries, 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

Cytec Industries, Inc.

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

Cytec Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 54 patents, ranking #113 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 50 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 128 granted patents across 50 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cytec ranks #2,959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 128 patents across 50 technology areas.

#2,959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.2/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2959 · US Corporation #2,959 · 128 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 128 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Akzo Nobel Coatings…
CPC-WIDE B29C · 50 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V. (±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 Cytec’s 55.2 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 16.8 pts (30%) Velocity 4.3 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cytec Industries · this assignee

55
Norwegian University… · near

55
SK keyfoundry · near

55
STC UNM · near

55
Intervet · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cytec's Innovation Score is 55.2/100 (top 7% 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 Cytec?

Each dot is one of Cytec’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). Cytec’s own 15.2 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Cytec's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Cytec Industries, Inc. received 67 grants versus 52 in 2015–2019 (+29% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 20 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 5. Lead class B29C accounts for 42.2% of the portfolio across 50 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Woodstream Corporation (#2,955) and Evolution Engineering Inc. (#2,963).

Cytec's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Cytec Industries, Inc. moved from 53 to 34 grants (0.64x 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 #2,331. See the growth leaderboard.

Woodstream

129
Akzo Nobel Coatin…

128
Automotive Resear…

128
Beijing Kuaimajia…

128
Discma

128
Ericsson AB

128
Electrocore

128
Evolution Enginee…

128
Cytec Industries ◀

128

What this shows Cytec holds 128 patents at rank #2,959, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cytec

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,959 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cytec, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics), Cytec ranks #113 of 4,378 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

STC.UNM 55 SK keyfoundry Inc. 55 Norwegian University OF Science AND Technology (NTNU) 55 Intervet Inc. 55

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Beijing Naura Microelectronics Equipment Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg Symbol Technologies, LLC 15.2 avg Volvo Truck Corporation 15.2 avg Otis Elevator Company 15.2 avg

Cytec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Cytec Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	5	3.9%
2017	14	10.9%
2018	13	10.2%
2019	20	15.6%
2020	17	13.3%
2021	16	12.5%
2022	8	6.3%
2023	11	8.6%
2024	15	11.7%
2025partial year	9	7.0%

Which technologies does Cytec Industries, Inc. patent most?

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 54

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 46

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 40

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 36

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 34

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 32

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 31

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 25

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 20

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 15

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 14

D01D - Mechanical Methods OR Apparatus IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR Ribbons 12

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 12

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 10

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 10

Top 15 of 50 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

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

Cytec Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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), 42.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #2,959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cytec Industries, Inc. against Woodstream Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.2/100 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

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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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