Where does Knauf Insulation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Knauf Insulation, Inc. ranks #5,691 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 Knauf Insulation, Inc. hold?

Knauf Insulation, Inc. holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Knauf Insulation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Knauf Insulation, Inc. focus on?

Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s top technology area is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds) with 27 patents, ranking #175 of 2,352 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -3% 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 Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s patents?

Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s patents average 24.1 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 Knauf Insulation, Inc. 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

Knauf Insulation, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 37 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: C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Knauf ranks #5,691 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 37 technology areas.

#5,691
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.1/100): 24.1
avg claims per patent: -3%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5691 · US Corporation #5,691 · 60 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,691/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Janssen Sciences…
CPC-FOCUS C08L · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -3% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Janssen Sciences Ireland Unlimited Company (±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 Knauf’s 58.1 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 14.2 pts (24%) Velocity 7.9 pts (14%) Breadth 21.5 pts (37%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Goodrich Lighting… · near

58
Infosys · near

58
Knauf Insulation · this assignee

58
Roquette Freres · near

58
Sigmastar Technology · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Knauf's Innovation Score is 58.1/100 (top 5% 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 Knauf?

Each dot is one of Knauf’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). Knauf’s own 24.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Knauf's grants concentrate

Knauf Insulation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 45% of grants classified under C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (12 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, Knauf sits between Juki Corporation and Lockheed Martin Energy, LLC.

Knauf's three-year grant acceleration

Knauf Insulation, Inc. shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Juki

60
Janssen Sciences…

60
Kepco Nuclear Fuel

60
Kimree Hi-tech

60
Kongsberg Automot…

60
Luxottica S R L

60
Lantech com

60
Lockheed Martin E…

60
Knauf Insulation ◀

60

What this shows Knauf holds 60 patents at rank #5,690, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Knauf

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,690 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Knauf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), Knauf ranks #175 of 2,352 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Sigmastar Technology Ltd. 58 Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. KG 58 Roquette Freres 58 Infosys Limited 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.1 here).

Brooks Automation US, LLC 24.1 avg Cree, Inc. 24.1 avg Sensel, Inc. 24.2 avg Allegro MicroSystems, LLC 24.1 avg

Knauf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Knauf Insulation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.3%
2016	12	20.0%
2017	4	6.7%
2018	4	6.7%
2019	7	11.7%
2020	5	8.3%
2021	4	6.7%
2022	8	13.3%
2023	4	6.7%
2024	7	11.7%
2025partial year	3	5.0%

Which technologies does Knauf Insulation, Inc. patent most?

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 27

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 22

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 17

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 16

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 15

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 14

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 14

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 12

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 12

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 12

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 11

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 11

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 10

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 9

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 8

Top 15 of 37 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

Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Knauf Insulation, Inc.'s lead technology class is C08L (Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds), 45% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08L
Ranked #5,691 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Knauf Insulation, Inc. against Juki Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.1/100 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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