Where does Imerys USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Imerys USA, Inc. ranks #7,859 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 Imerys USA, Inc. hold?

Imerys USA, Inc. holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 48 technology areas.

What is Imerys USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Imerys USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 51.1 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Imerys USA, Inc. focus on?

Imerys USA, Inc.'s top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 12 patents, ranking #400 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 48 CPC subclasses total.

Is Imerys USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Imerys USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +275% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Imerys USA, Inc.'s patents?

Imerys USA, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Imerys USA, 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

Imerys USA, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 48 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Imerys ranks #7,859 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 48 technology areas.

#7,859
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.1/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +275%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7859 · US Corporation #7,859 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,859/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Impossible Foods
CPC-WIDE B01J · 48 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +275% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Impossible Foods 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 Imerys’s 51.1 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 12.9 pts (25%) Velocity 4.3 pts (8%) Breadth 24.5 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Standard Lifters · near

51
Imerys USA · this assignee

51
Kohler Mira · near

51
ALi · near

51
Humana · near

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Imerys's Innovation Score is 51.1/100 (top 12% 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 Imerys?

Each dot is one of Imerys’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). Imerys’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Imerys's grants concentrate

Imerys USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 48 CPC subclasses with 29.3% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Imerys sits between Inha University Research AND Business Foundation and JDS Uniphase Corporation.

Imerys's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Imerys USA, Inc. moved from 20 to 13 grants (0.65x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Inha University R…

41
Institute OF Phys…

41
Intact Vascular

41
Iwis Motorsysteme…

41
Impossible Foods

41
Inventec Applianc…

41
Japan Polyethylene

41
JDS Uniphase

41
Imerys USA ◀

41

What this shows Imerys holds 41 patents at rank #7,863, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Imerys

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,863 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Imerys, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), Imerys ranks #400 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (51 here).

Kohler Mira Limited 51 Standard Lifters, Inc. 51 Humana Inc. 51 ALi Corporation 51

Imerys's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Imerys USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	2.4%
2018	4	9.8%
2019	3	7.3%
2020	9	22.0%
2021	8	19.5%
2022	5	12.2%
2023	7	17.1%
2024	1	2.4%
2025partial year	3	7.3%

Which technologies does Imerys USA, Inc. patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 12

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 10

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

B01D - Separation 10

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 8

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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

B22C - Foundry Moulding 6

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

C12H - Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Preservation, Purification, Clarification OR Ageing OF Alcoholic BEVERAGES; Methods FOR Altering THE Alcohol Content OF Fermented Solutions OR Alcoholic Beverages 5

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 5

E21F - Safety Devices, Transport, Filling-up, Rescue, Ventilation, OR Draining IN OR OF Mines OR Tunnels 4

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 4

Top 15 of 48 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

Imerys USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Imerys USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 29.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #7,859 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Imerys USA, Inc. against Inha University Research AND Business Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.1/100 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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