Where does JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. ranks #3,971 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 JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. hold?

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. holds 91 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. focus on?

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 41 patents, ranking #103 of 2,755 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

Is JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +17% 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 JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s patents?

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s patents average 12.8 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 JGC Catalysts and Chemicals 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

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 91 granted patents across 38 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JGC ranks #3,971 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 91 patents across 38 technology areas.

#3,971
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3971 · Foreign Corporation #3,971 · 91 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 91 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,971/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Galderma Holding
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Galderma Holding SA (±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 JGC’s 52.2 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 15.6 pts (30%) Velocity 7.1 pts (14%) Breadth 21.8 pts (42%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carl Zeiss · near

52
JGC Catalysts and… · this assignee

52
Leoni Kabel · near

52
Mjnn · near

52
VeriSilicon Holdings · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows JGC's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 JGC?

Each dot is one of JGC’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). JGC’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where JGC's grants concentrate

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 45.1% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (12 grants) versus a trough of 7 in 2015. By volume, JGC sits between Galderma Holding SA and L&F Plastics, Co., Ltd..

JGC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. moved from 28 to 30 grants (1.07x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Galderma Holding

91
Hover

91
Idexx Laboratories

91
Iqvia

91
Joyetech Europe H…

91
Kofax

91
Kistler Holding

91
L&F Plastics

91
JGC Catalysts and… ◀

91

What this shows JGC holds 91 patents at rank #3,971, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JGC

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,971 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for JGC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes), JGC ranks #103 of 2,755 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Leoni Kabel GMBH 52 Carl Zeiss AG 52 Mjnn LLC 52 VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 12.8 avg Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. 12.8 avg Miele & CIE. KG 12.8 avg Morpho, Inc. 12.8 avg

JGC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	7.7%
2016	8	8.8%
2017	9	9.9%
2018	7	7.7%
2019	10	11.0%
2020	8	8.8%
2021	10	11.0%
2022	12	13.2%
2023	9	9.9%
2024	9	9.9%
2025partial year	2	2.2%

Which technologies does JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 41

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 38

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 38

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 34

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 20

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 17

C09G - Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes 15

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 14

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 13

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 12

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 12

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 11

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 10

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

Top 15 of 38 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

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd.'s lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 45.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #3,971 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. against Galderma Holding SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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

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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