Where does Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH ranks #13,512 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 Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH hold?

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's Innovation Score?

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH focus on?

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 18 patents, ranking #270 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's recent grant velocity is -38% 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 Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's patents?

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's patents average 16.4 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 Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH 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

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 13 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Johnson ranks #13,512 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 13 technology areas.

#13,512
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13512 · Foreign Corporation #13,512 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,512/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Japan Display West
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Japan Display West Inc. (±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 Johnson’s 36.0 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 10.8 pts (30%) Velocity 2.5 pts (7%) Breadth 12.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Johnson Matthey… · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Johnson's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 48% 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 Johnson?

Each dot is one of Johnson’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). Johnson’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Johnson's grants concentrate

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Johnson sits between Japan Display West Inc. and Knorr-bremse Gesellschaft MIT BESCHRÄNKTER Haftung.

Johnson's three-year grant acceleration

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH shows 3 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.

Japan Display West

22
Jewelex New York

22
Jichi Medical Uni…

22
Johnson Controls…

22
Joslin Diabetes C…

22
KCC

22
Kiefel

22
Knorr-bremse Gese…

22
Johnson Matthey C… ◀

22

What this shows Johnson holds 22 patents at rank #13,510, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Johnson

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,510 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Johnson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% 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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Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.5%
2017	5	22.7%
2018	4	18.2%
2019	3	13.6%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	3	13.6%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH patent most?

B01D - Separation 18

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 17

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 17

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 2

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 2

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH's lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 81.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #13,512 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Johnson Matthey Catalysts (Germany) GmbH against Japan Display West Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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

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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