Where does Ennis Paint, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ennis Paint, Inc. ranks #31,547 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 Ennis Paint, Inc. hold?

Ennis Paint, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Ennis Paint, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ennis Paint, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.4 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Ennis Paint, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Ennis Paint, Inc.'s patents?

Ennis Paint, Inc.'s patents average 13.0 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 Ennis Paint, 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

Ennis Paint, Inc.

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

Ennis Paint, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 8 patents, ranking #349 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: 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 Materi).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ennis ranks #31,547 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 8 technology areas.

#31,547
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.4/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31547 · US Corporation #31,547 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,547/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Engip
CPC-NARROW C09D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Engip, LLC (±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 Ennis’s 25.4 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 7.6 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ennis Paint · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ennis's Innovation Score is 25.4/100 (17th 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 Ennis?

Each dot is one of Ennis’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). Ennis’s own 13.0 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Ennis's grants concentrate

Ennis Paint, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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 Materi). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Ennis sits between Engip, LLC and Enterin, Inc..

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Enhance Product D…

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Enhanced Energy G…

8
Enlightenvue

8
Enpluz

8
Entech Solar

8
Entera Bio

8
Enterin

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Ennis Paint ◀

8

What this shows Ennis holds 8 patents at rank #31,571, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ennis

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,571 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

Ennis's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Ennis Paint, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	25.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2019	4	50.0%
2020	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Ennis Paint, Inc. patent most?

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 8

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

E01F - Additional Work, Such AS Equipping Roads OR THE Construction OF Platforms, Helicopter Landing Stages, Signs, Snow Fences, OR THE Like 5

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 4

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 8 of 8 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

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

Ennis Paint, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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 Materi), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #31,547 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ennis Paint, Inc. against Engip, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.4/100 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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