Where does Green Materials, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Green Materials, LLC ranks #47,178 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 Green Materials, LLC hold?

Green Materials, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Green Materials, LLC's Innovation Score?

Green Materials, LLC 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%).

What technology areas does Green Materials, LLC focus on?

Green Materials, LLC's top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 2 patents, ranking #983 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Green Materials, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Green Materials, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Green Materials, LLC's patents?

Green Materials, LLC's patents average 15.4 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 Green Materials, LLC 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

Green Materials, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Green ranks #47,178 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 8 technology areas.

#47,178
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.4/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47178 · US Corporation #47,178 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,178/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Graypants Europe B V
CPC-NARROW C08K · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Graypants Europe B.V. (±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 Green’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 6.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Green Materials · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Green'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 Green?

Each dot is one of Green’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). Green’s own 15.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Green's grants concentrate

Green Materials, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Green sits between Graypants Europe B.V. and GreenStract, LLC.

Graypants Europe…

5
Grazper Aps

5
Great Eastern Res…

5
Green Extraction

5
Green Powerset

5
Green Vision Syst…

5
Greenfire Energy

5
Greenstract

5
Green Materials ◀

5

What this shows Green holds 5 patents at rank #47,234, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Green

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,234 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…)

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

Green'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 · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Green Materials, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	2	40.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Green Materials, LLC patent most?

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

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 2

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 1

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 1

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

Green Materials, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Green Materials, LLC's lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #47,178 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Green Materials, LLC against Graypants Europe B.V., 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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