Where does ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company ranks #10,320 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 ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company hold?

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's Innovation Score?

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company has an Innovation Score of 60.2 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company focus on?

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's top technology area is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds) with 13 patents, ranking #318 of 2,352 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company.

What does claim depth mean for ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's patents?

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's patents average 18.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company

Q: How is the ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company 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 PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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, Exxonmobil ranks #10,320 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 23 technology areas.

#10,320
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.2/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10320 · US Corporation #10,320 · 30 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,320/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Edge-Works Manufactu…
CPC-FOCUS C08L · 23 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Edge-Works Manufacturing Company (±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 Exxonmobil’s 60.2 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 11.9 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (33%) Breadth 17.0 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ExxonMobil Engineeri… · this assignee

60
Gen-probe Incorporated · near

60
Nextracker · near

60
Poet Research · near

60
Thinkware · near

60
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Exxonmobil's Innovation Score is 60.2/100 (top 3% 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 Exxonmobil?

Each dot is one of Exxonmobil’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). Exxonmobil’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Exxonmobil's grants concentrate

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 43.3% of grants classified under C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds). By volume, Exxonmobil sits between Edge-Works Manufacturing Company and Flint Group Germany GmbH.

Exxonmobil's three-year grant acceleration

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Edge-works Manufa…

30
Encite

30
Eveready Battery

30
Evonik Industries

30
Facc

30
Feng Chia Univers…

30
Ferton Holding

30
Flint Group Germa…

30
Exxonmobil Engine… ◀

30

What this shows ExxonMobil holds 30 patents at rank #10,320, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ExxonMobil

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,320 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ExxonMobil, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), ExxonMobil ranks #318 of 2,352 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Poet Research, Inc. 60 Nextracker LLC 60 Thinkware Corporation 60 Gen-probe Incorporated 60

Exxonmobil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	18	60.0%
2025partial year	12	40.0%

Which technologies does ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company patent most?

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 13

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 12

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 11

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 10

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 9

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 8

B01D - Separation 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 7

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 4

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 3

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company's lead technology class is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), 43.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08L
Ranked #10,320 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ExxonMobil Engineering & Technology Company against Edge-Works Manufacturing Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.2/100 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

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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