Where does JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. ranks #22,829 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 Mineral Company, Ltd. hold?

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is JFE Mineral Company, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. focus on?

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd.'s top technology area is C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds) with 7 patents, ranking #164 of 939 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is JFE Mineral Company, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for JFE Mineral Company, Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for JFE Mineral Company, Ltd.'s patents?

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd.'s patents average 9.8 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 Mineral Company, Ltd. 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 Mineral Company, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JFE ranks #22,829 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 20 technology areas.

#22,829
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 9.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22829 · Foreign Corporation #22,829 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,829/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jack Vartanian EPP
CPC-FOCUS C01P · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jack Vartanian EPP (±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 35.0 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 4.4 pts (13%) Breadth 15.8 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
JFE Mineral · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows JFE's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (top 50% 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 9.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where JFE's grants concentrate

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 58.3% of grants classified under C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, JFE sits between Jack Vartanian EPP and Jiao Hsiung Industry Corp..

JFE's three-year grant acceleration

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Jack Vartanian EPP

12
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12

What this shows JFE holds 12 patents at rank #22,818, 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 #22,818 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspec…)

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)

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	16.7%
2021	4	33.3%
2022	3	25.0%
2024	1	8.3%
2025partial year	2	16.7%

Which technologies does JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. patent most?

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 7

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 3

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 3

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 3

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 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

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

H01C - Resistors 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

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

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

Top 15 of 20 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 Mineral Company, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

JFE Mineral Company, Ltd.'s lead technology class is C01P (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds), 58.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C01P
Ranked #22,829 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare JFE Mineral Company, Ltd. against Jack Vartanian EPP, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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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