Where does JX Metals Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), JX Metals Corporation ranks #7,868 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 JX Metals Corporation hold?

JX Metals Corporation holds 41 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2024, spanning 47 technology areas.

What is JX Metals Corporation's Innovation Score?

JX Metals Corporation has an Innovation Score of 62.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is JX Metals Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for JX Metals Corporation.

What does claim depth mean for JX Metals Corporation's patents?

JX Metals Corporation's patents average 8.1 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 JX Metals 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

JX Metals Corporation

Q: What technology areas does JX Metals Corporation focus on?

JX Metals Corporation's top technology area is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General) with 13 patents, ranking #204 of 1,658 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 47 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 41 granted patents across 47 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2024. 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: C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JX ranks #7,868 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 41 patents across 47 technology areas.

#7,868
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.0/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7868 · Foreign Corporation #7,868 · 41 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 41 grants
UPPER-Q #7,868/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Impossible Foods
CPC-WIDE C23C · 47 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2024 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Impossible Foods 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 JX’s 62.0 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 12.9 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (32%) Breadth 24.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
TS Tech · near

62
Dr Ing h c F Porsche · near

62
JX Metals · this assignee

62
Maxeon Solar Pte · near

62
Silergy Semiconducto… · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows JX's Innovation Score is 62.0/100 (top 3% 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 JX?

Each dot is one of JX’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). JX’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where JX's grants concentrate

JX Metals Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 47 CPC subclasses with 31.7% of grants classified under C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (29 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2023. By volume, JX sits between Impossible Foods Inc. and Korea Food Research Institute.

JX's three-year grant acceleration

JX Metals Corporation shows 41 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Impossible Foods

41
Inventec Applianc…

41
Japan Polyethylene

41
JDS Uniphase

41
Kawai Gakki Seisa…

41
TOP

41
Katmai Tech

41
Korea Food Resear…

41
JX Metals ◀

41

What this shows JX holds 41 patents at rank #7,868, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JX

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,868 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for JX, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C23C (Coating Metallic Material), JX ranks #204 of 1,658 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG 62 TS Tech Co., Ltd. 62 Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. 62 Silergy Semiconductor Technology (Hangzhou) Ltd. 62

JX's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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JX Metals Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	12	29.3%
2024	29	70.7%

Which technologies does JX Metals Corporation patent most?

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 13

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 13

C22C - Alloys 12

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 9

H01J - Electric Discharge Tubes OR Discharge Lamps 8

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 6

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

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 5

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 5

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 5

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 4

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 4

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

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

Top 15 of 47 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

JX Metals Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

JX Metals Corporation's lead technology class is C23C (Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evap), 31.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #7,868 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare JX Metals Corporation against Impossible Foods Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.