Where does Formosa Plastics Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Formosa Plastics Corporation ranks #6,651 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Formosa Plastics Corporation hold?

Formosa Plastics Corporation holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Formosa Plastics Corporation's Innovation Score?

Formosa Plastics Corporation has an Innovation Score of 61.1 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%).

Is Formosa Plastics Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Formosa Plastics Corporation's recent grant velocity is +114% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Formosa Plastics Corporation's patents?

Formosa Plastics Corporation's patents average 17.0 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 Formosa Plastics Corporation 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 Foreign Corporation

Formosa Plastics Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Formosa Plastics Corporation focus on?

Formosa Plastics Corporation's top technology area is C08F (MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS) with 30 patents. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 33 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: C08F (MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Formosa ranks #6,651 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 33 technology areas.

#6,651
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.1/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: +114%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6651 · Foreign Corporation #6,651 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,651/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH European Space Agency
CPC-FOCUS C08F · 33 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +114% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: European Space Agency (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Katholieke Universit… · near

61
Openlight Photonics · near

61
Ultima Genomics · near

61
Formosa Plastics · this assignee

61
Research Institute O… · near

61
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Formosa Plastics Corporation stamps GRANTS-SMALL, UPPER-Q, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-STRONG, CLAIMS-RICH, TYPE-FRNCORP, VEL-SURGE, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #6,651 of 50,000; Innovation Score 61.1/100 sits in the top 3% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is European Space Agency (±0 grants).

Portfolio overview

Formosa Plastics Corporation has been granted 50 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Formosa Plastics Corporation at #6,651 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 33 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 17.0 claims per patent with primary concentration in C08F (MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS). As a Foreign Corporation, Formosa Plastics Corporation is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Formosa sits between European Space Agency (50 patents, rank #6,644) and Foamix Pharamaceuticals Ltd. (50 patents, rank #6,652) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 61.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 30 grants, compared with 14 in the 2015–2019 window, a +114% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The Foreign Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.

Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Formosa Plastics Corporation's 17.0 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 33 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.

European Space Ag…

50
F5

50
Fluid Handling

50
Focaltech Systems

50
FundaciÓ Institut…

50
Ferroelectric Mem…

50
Fiduciary Benchma…

50
Foamix Pharamaceu…

50
Formosa Plastics ◀

50

What this shows Formosa holds 50 patents at rank #6,648, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Formosa

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,648 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08F (Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions ONLY Invol…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Formosa, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Research Institute OF Industrial Science & Technology 61 Ultima Genomics, Inc. 61 Openlight Photonics, Inc. 61 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.0 here).

St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico Llc 17.0 avg Kraton Polymers Llc 17.0 avg Valeo North America, Inc. 17.0 avg Zebra Technologies Corporation 17.0 avg

Formosa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% of 50,000 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.

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Formosa Plastics Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	4.0%
2016	1	2.0%
2017	5	10.0%
2018	4	8.0%
2019	2	4.0%
2020	4	8.0%
2021	3	6.0%
2022	6	12.0%
2023	5	10.0%
2024	12	24.0%
2025partial year	6	12.0%

Which technologies does Formosa Plastics Corporation patent most?

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 30

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 12

B01J - CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS 11

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

D06M - TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS 6

D01F - CHEMICAL FEATURES IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS; APPARATUS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBON FILAMENTS 5

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 4

D01D - MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ARTIFICIAL FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS 4

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 3

C07C - ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS 3

A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES 3

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 3

D10B - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES 3

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 3

Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION 3

Top 15 of 33 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#6,651

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

61.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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