Where does H.B. Fuller Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), H.B. Fuller Company ranks #4,516 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 H.B. Fuller Company hold?

H.B. Fuller Company holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 52 technology areas.

What is H.B. Fuller Company's Innovation Score?

H.B. Fuller Company has an Innovation Score of 57.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is H.B. Fuller Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

H.B. Fuller Company's recent grant velocity is +27% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for H.B. Fuller Company's patents?

H.B. Fuller Company's patents average 20.6 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 H.B. Fuller 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

H.B. Fuller Company

Q: What technology areas does H.B. Fuller Company focus on?

H.B. Fuller Company's top technology area is C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives) with 56 patents, ranking #18 of 837 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 52 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 52 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: C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, H.b. ranks #4,516 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 52 technology areas.

#4,516
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: +27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4516 · US Corporation #4,516 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,516/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Forage Genetics…
CPC-WIDE C09J · 52 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Forage Genetics International, LLC (±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 H.b.’s 57.2 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 15.1 pts (26%) Velocity 4.8 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 12.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CDW · near

57
H B Fuller · this assignee

57
LNW Gaming · near

57
Sumitomo Metal Mining · near

57
Taylor Made Golf · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows H.b.'s Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (top 5% 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 H.b.?

Each dot is one of H.b.’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). H.b.’s own 20.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How H.b.'s grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, H.B. Fuller Company received 38 grants versus 30 in 2015–2019 (+27% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 12 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 3. Lead class C09J accounts for 71.8% of the portfolio across 52 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Forage Genetics International, LLC (#4,511) and Indian Institute OF Technology Bombay (#4,519).

H.b.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, H.B. Fuller Company moved from 28 to 20 grants (0.71x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Forage Genetics I…

78
Gaztransport ET T…

78
Garmin Internatio…

78
Grote Industries

78
Hongfujin Precisi…

78
Hanchett Entry Sy…

78
Heptares Therapeu…

78
Indian Institute…

78
H B Fuller ◀

78

What this shows H.B. holds 78 patents at rank #4,515, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HB

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,515 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09J (Adhesives)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C09J (Adhesives), HB ranks #18 of 837 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

LNW Gaming, Inc. 57 CDW LLC 57 Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. 57 Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (20.6 here).

Nyse Holdings LLC 20.6 avg Navico Holding AS 20.6 avg The Broad Institute, Inc. 20.6 avg Aware, Inc. 20.6 avg

H.b.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 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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H.B. Fuller Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	3.8%
2016	6	7.7%
2017	6	7.7%
2018	5	6.4%
2019	10	12.8%
2020	12	15.4%
2021	6	7.7%
2022	3	3.8%
2023	12	15.4%
2024	5	6.4%
2025partial year	10	12.8%

Which technologies does H.B. Fuller Company patent most?

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 56

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 31

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 29

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 19

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 18

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 16

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 13

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 10

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 10

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 8

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 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 7

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 6

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 6

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 5

Top 15 of 52 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

H.B. Fuller Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

H.B. Fuller Company's lead technology class is C09J (ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives), 71.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09J
Ranked #4,516 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare H.B. Fuller Company against Forage Genetics International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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

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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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