Where does Glencore Technology Pty Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Glencore Technology Pty Limited ranks #28,866 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 Glencore Technology Pty Limited hold?

Glencore Technology Pty Limited holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Glencore Technology Pty Limited's Innovation Score?

Glencore Technology Pty Limited has an Innovation Score of 34.6 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Glencore Technology Pty Limited focus on?

Glencore Technology Pty Limited's top technology area is Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods) with 4 patents, ranking #1,616 of 4,985 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Glencore Technology Pty Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Glencore Technology Pty Limited's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Glencore Technology Pty Limited's patents?

Glencore Technology Pty Limited's patents average 19.4 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 Glencore Technology Pty Limited 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

Glencore Technology Pty Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Glencore ranks #28,866 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 13 technology areas.

#28,866
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.6/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28866 · Foreign Corporation #28,866 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,866/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GigaDevice Semicondu…
CPC-FOCUS Y02P · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. (±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 Glencore’s 34.6 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 8.0 pts (23%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 12.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Glencore Technology… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Glencore's Innovation Score is 34.6/100 (48th 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 Glencore?

Each dot is one of Glencore’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). Glencore’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Glencore's grants concentrate

Glencore Technology Pty Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Glencore sits between GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. and Goat Outdoor, Inc..

Glencore's three-year grant acceleration

Glencore Technology Pty Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Gigadevice Semico…

9
Gilead Biologics

9
Glatt Gesellschaf…

9
Glaxosmithkline I…

9
Global Cooling

9
Globe Internation…

9
Gonow

9
Goat Outdoor

9
Glencore Technolo… ◀

9

What this shows Glencore holds 9 patents at rank #28,883, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Glencore

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,883 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production…)

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

Glencore's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Glencore Technology Pty Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2020	2	22.2%
2021	2	22.2%
2023	1	11.1%
2024	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Glencore Technology Pty Limited patent most?

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 4

C25C - Processes FOR THE Electrolytic Production, Recovery OR Refining OF METALS; Apparatus Therefor 3

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

C21C - Processing OF Pig-iron, e.g. Refining, Manufacture OF Wrought-iron OR STEEL; Treatment IN Molten State OF Ferrous Alloys 1

C21B - Manufacture OF Iron OR Steel 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B01D - Separation 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Glencore Technology Pty Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Glencore Technology Pty Limited's lead technology class is Y02P (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02P
Ranked #28,866 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Glencore Technology Pty Limited against GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.6/100 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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