Where does DOW Global Technologies LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), DOW Global Technologies LLC ranks #127 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 DOW Global Technologies LLC hold?

DOW Global Technologies LLC holds 3,004 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 249 technology areas.

What is DOW Global Technologies LLC's Innovation Score?

DOW Global Technologies LLC has an Innovation Score of 64.8 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does DOW Global Technologies LLC focus on?

DOW Global Technologies LLC's top technology area is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds) with 886 patents, ranking #2 of 2,352 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 249 CPC subclasses total.

Is DOW Global Technologies LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

DOW Global Technologies LLC's recent grant velocity is -31% 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 DOW Global Technologies LLC's patents?

DOW Global Technologies LLC's patents average 11.3 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 DOW Global Technologies 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

DOW Global Technologies LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,004 granted patents across 249 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: C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, DOW ranks #127 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,004 patents across 249 technology areas.

#127
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (64.8/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R127 · US Corporation #127 · 3,004 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · NEAR-PEER · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #127/49,997
NEAR-PEER Adobe
CPC-BROAD C08L · 249 areas
INNOV-STRONG 64.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adobe Inc. (±18 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 DOW’s 64.8 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 27.7 pts (43%) Velocity 5.4 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing BOE… · near

65
Schott · near

65
DOW Global · this assignee

65
DeLaval Holding AB · near

65
thyssenkrupp Uhde · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows DOW's Innovation Score is 64.8/100 (top 1% 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 DOW?

Each dot is one of DOW’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). DOW’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How DOW's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, DOW Global Technologies LLC received 1,164 grants versus 1,687 in 2015–2019 (-31% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 353 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 175. Lead class C08L accounts for 29.5% of the portfolio across 249 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. (#123) and Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (#131).

DOW's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, DOW Global Technologies LLC moved from 818 to 665 grants (0.81x 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 #1,798. See the growth leaderboard.

Pioneer Hi-bred I…

3,033
Centre National D…

3,025
Industrial Techno…

3,023
Adobe

3,022
DOW Global ◀

3,004
Toshiba Memory

2,972
TDK

2,914
Juniper Networks

2,902
Beijing Xiaomi Mo…

2,840

What this shows DOW holds 3,004 patents at rank #127, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near DOW

By rank, the assignees closest to #127 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for DOW, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), DOW ranks #2 of 2,352 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Schott AG 65 DeLaval Holding AB 65 thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH 65 Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.3 here).

Denso Wave Incorporated 11.3 avg Bomag GmbH 11.3 avg Medela Holding AG 11.3 avg Biotix, Inc. 11.3 avg

DOW's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

DOW Global Technologies LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	335	11.2%
2016	345	11.5%
2017	353	11.8%
2018	335	11.2%
2019	319	10.6%
2020	278	9.3%
2021	221	7.4%
2022	241	8.0%
2023	175	5.8%
2024	249	8.3%
2025partial year	153	5.1%

Which technologies does DOW Global Technologies LLC patent most?

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 886

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 661

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 639

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 513

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 501

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 438

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 326

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 296

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 271

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 213

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 206

B01D - Separation 189

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 189

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 182

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 170

Top 15 of 249 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

DOW Global Technologies LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

DOW Global Technologies LLC's lead technology class is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), 29.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08L
Ranked #127 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare DOW Global Technologies LLC against Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 64.8/100 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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