Where does JFE Chemical Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), JFE Chemical Corporation ranks #16,127 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 JFE Chemical Corporation hold?

JFE Chemical Corporation holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is JFE Chemical Corporation's Innovation Score?

JFE Chemical Corporation has an Innovation Score of 33.5 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is JFE Chemical Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

JFE Chemical Corporation's recent grant velocity is +13% 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 JFE Chemical Corporation's patents?

JFE Chemical Corporation's patents average 10.5 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 JFE Chemical Corporation 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

JFE Chemical Corporation

Q: What technology areas does JFE Chemical Corporation focus on?

JFE Chemical Corporation's top technology area is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy) with 10 patents, ranking #525 of 2,332 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JFE ranks #16,127 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 15 technology areas.

#16,127
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.5/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16127 · Foreign Corporation #16,127 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,127/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Japan Climate Systems
CPC-FOCUS H01M · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Japan Climate Systems Corporation (±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 JFE’s 33.5 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 10.2 pts (30%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 13.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (19%)

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JFE Chemical · this assignee

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What this shows JFE's Innovation Score is 33.5/100 (45th 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 JFE?

Each dot is one of JFE’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). JFE’s own 10.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where JFE's grants concentrate

JFE Chemical Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, JFE sits between Japan Climate Systems Corporation and Juntendo Educational Foundation.

JFE's three-year grant acceleration

JFE Chemical Corporation shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

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JFE Chemical ◀

18

What this shows JFE holds 18 patents at rank #16,126, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JFE

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,126 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01M (Processes OR Means)

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

JFE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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JFE Chemical Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	16.7%
2017	2	11.1%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	2	11.1%
2023	3	16.7%
2024	1	5.6%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does JFE Chemical Corporation patent most?

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 9

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 6

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

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 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 15 of 15 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

JFE Chemical Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

JFE Chemical Corporation's lead technology class is H01M (Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01M
Ranked #16,127 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare JFE Chemical Corporation against Japan Climate Systems Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.5/100 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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