Where does J.M. Huber Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), J.M. Huber Corporation ranks #12,068 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 J.M. Huber Corporation hold?

J.M. Huber Corporation holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is J.M. Huber Corporation's Innovation Score?

J.M. Huber Corporation has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does J.M. Huber Corporation focus on?

J.M. Huber Corporation's top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 15 patents, ranking #219 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is J.M. Huber Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

J.M. Huber Corporation's recent grant velocity is -81% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for J.M. Huber Corporation's patents?

J.M. Huber Corporation's patents average 19.5 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 J.M. Huber 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 US Corporation

J.M. Huber Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, J.m. ranks #12,068 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 27 technology areas.

#12,068
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -81%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12068 · US Corporation #12,068 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,068/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Intel Ndtm US
CPC-FOCUS C08K · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -81% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Intel Ndtm US LLC (±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 J.m.’s 43.2 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 11.3 pts (26%) Velocity 1.9 pts (4%) Breadth 18.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boomcloud 360 · near

43
Endura Products · near

43
Ethertronics · near

43
Frito-Lay Trading · near

43
J M Huber · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows J.m.'s Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 J.m.?

Each dot is one of J.m.’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). J.m.’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where J.m.'s grants concentrate

J.M. Huber Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, J.m. sits between Intel Ndtm US LLC and Javad Gnss, Inc..

J.m.'s three-year grant acceleration

J.M. Huber Corporation shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Intel Ndtm US

25
Inventprise

25
Invoca

25
Ionsense

25
Janome

25
JC Medical

25
Jushi Group

25
Javad Gnss

25
J M Huber ◀

25

What this shows J.M. holds 25 patents at rank #12,060, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JM

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,060 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for JM, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…), JM ranks #219 of 1,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH 43 Boomcloud 360 Inc. 43 Endura Products, LLC 43 Ethertronics, Inc 43

J.m.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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J.M. Huber Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	28.0%
2016	6	24.0%
2017	2	8.0%
2018	1	4.0%
2019	5	20.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	1	4.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2024	1	4.0%

Which technologies does J.M. Huber Corporation patent most?

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 15

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

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

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 6

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 5

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 5

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

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 4

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 4

Top 15 of 27 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

J.M. Huber Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

J.M. Huber Corporation's lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #12,068 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare J.M. Huber Corporation against Intel Ndtm US LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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