Where does James Hardie Technology Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), James Hardie Technology Limited ranks #3,628 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 James Hardie Technology Limited hold?

James Hardie Technology Limited holds 101 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 36 technology areas.

What is James Hardie Technology Limited's Innovation Score?

James Hardie Technology Limited has an Innovation Score of 49.4 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does James Hardie Technology Limited focus on?

James Hardie Technology Limited's top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 31 patents, ranking #11 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 36 CPC subclasses total.

Is James Hardie Technology Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

James Hardie Technology Limited's recent grant velocity is +30% 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 James Hardie Technology Limited's patents?

James Hardie Technology Limited's patents average 10.2 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 James Hardie Technology 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

James Hardie Technology Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 101 granted patents across 36 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, James ranks #3,628 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 101 patents across 36 technology areas.

#3,628
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.4/100): 10.2
avg claims per patent: +30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3628 · Foreign Corporation #3,628 · 101 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 101 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,628/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Delphi International…
CPC-FOCUS E04F · 36 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L. (±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 James’s 49.4 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 16.0 pts (32%) Velocity 6.1 pts (12%) Breadth 21.2 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.1 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Belimo Holding · near

49
Deutsches Krebsforsc… · near

49
Egnyte · near

49
James Hardie… · this assignee

49
Murakami · near

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows James's Innovation Score is 49.4/100 (top 15% 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 James?

Each dot is one of James’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). James’s own 10.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where James's grants concentrate

James Hardie Technology Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 36 CPC subclasses with 30.7% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (22 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, James sits between Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L. and Optum Services (Ireland) Limited.

James's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, James Hardie Technology Limited moved from 34 to 31 grants (0.91x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,437. See the growth leaderboard.

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101
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101
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101
HM Clause

101
Lucas Automotive

101
Lacrosse Footwear

101
Nanolumens Acquis…

101
Optum Services (I…

101
James Hardie Tech… ◀

101

What this shows James holds 101 patents at rank #3,628, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near James

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,628 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for James, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings), James ranks #11 of 584 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (49 here).

Murakami Corporation 49 Egnyte, Inc. 49 Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum 49 Belimo Holding AG 49

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (10.2 here).

Hellermanntyton Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 10.2 avg Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, Inc. 10.2 avg AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd. 10.2 avg

James's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% 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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James Hardie Technology Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	7.9%
2016	12	11.9%
2017	10	9.9%
2018	4	4.0%
2019	9	8.9%
2020	17	16.8%
2021	8	7.9%
2022	22	21.8%
2023	5	5.0%
2024	4	4.0%
2025partial year	2	2.0%

Which technologies does James Hardie Technology Limited patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 31

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 16

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 12

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 11

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 9

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 6

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 5

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 5

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

Top 15 of 36 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

James Hardie Technology Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

James Hardie Technology Limited's lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 30.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #3,628 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare James Hardie Technology Limited against Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.4/100 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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