Where does Goldcorp Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Goldcorp Inc. ranks #47,134 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 Goldcorp Inc. hold?

Goldcorp Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Goldcorp Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Goldcorp Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Goldcorp Inc. focus on?

Goldcorp Inc.'s top technology area is C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials) with 5 patents, ranking #60 of 335 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Goldcorp Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Goldcorp Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Goldcorp Inc.'s patents?

Goldcorp Inc.'s patents average 40.4 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 Goldcorp 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

Goldcorp Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Goldcorp ranks #47,134 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#47,134
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 40.4
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47134 · US Corporation #47,134 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,134/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Godox Photo Equipment
CPC-NARROW C22B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 40.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Godox Photo Equipment Co., Ltd. (±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 Goldcorp’s 37.2 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 9.4 pts (25%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (40%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Goldcorp · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Goldcorp's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Goldcorp?

Each dot is one of Goldcorp’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). Goldcorp’s own 40.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 5.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Goldcorp's grants concentrate

Goldcorp Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials). By volume, Goldcorp sits between Godox Photo Equipment Co., Ltd. and Goodmark Medical (International) Limited.

Goldcorp's three-year grant acceleration

Goldcorp Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Godox Photo Equip…

5
Goizper S Coop

5
Gold Charm

5
Gold Nanotech

5
Goldieblox

5
Gong Maw Enterpri…

5
Good Soul Brands

5
Goodmark Medical…

5
Goldcorp ◀

5

What this shows Goldcorp holds 5 patents at rank #47,214, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Goldcorp

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,214 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals)

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

Goldcorp's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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 · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

View data table

Goldcorp Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Goldcorp Inc. patent most?

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 5

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

B03D - FLOTATION; Differential Sedimentation 3

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 1

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Goldcorp Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Goldcorp Inc.'s lead technology class is C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22B
Ranked #47,134 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Goldcorp Inc. against Godox Photo Equipment Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.