Where does Lanxess Solutions US Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lanxess Solutions US Inc. ranks #11,709 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 Lanxess Solutions US Inc. hold?

Lanxess Solutions US Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2020, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Lanxess Solutions US Inc. has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lanxess Solutions US Inc. focus on?

Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 12 patents, ranking #263 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -76% 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 Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s patents?

Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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 Lanxess Solutions US 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

Lanxess Solutions US Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2020. 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, Lanxess ranks #11,709 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 23 technology areas.

#11,709
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -76%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11709 · US Corporation #11,709 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,709/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Konnectronix
CPC-FOCUS C08K · 23 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -76% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Konnectronix, 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 Lanxess’s 37.2 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 11.4 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 17.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Worldvu Satellites · near

37
AmRad Manufacturing · near

37
Anova Applied · near

37
AqueSys · near

37
Lanxess Solutions US · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lanxess's Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 Lanxess?

Each dot is one of Lanxess’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). Lanxess’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lanxess's grants concentrate

Lanxess Solutions US Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 46.2% of grants classified under C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (9 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2018. By volume, Lanxess sits between Konnectronix, Inc. and Lingsen Precision Industries, Ltd..

Konnectronix

26
Kraton

26
L3vel

26
Lafarge

26
Lemken & KG

26
Lianyungang Runzh…

26
Lilac Solutions

26
Lingsen Precision…

26
Lanxess Solutions… ◀

26

What this shows Lanxess holds 26 patents at rank #11,709, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lanxess

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,709 in granted patent volume.

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

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lanxess, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…), Lanxess ranks #263 of 1,963 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Anova Applied Electronics, Inc. 37 AqueSys, Inc. 37 AmRad Manufacturing, LLC 37 Worldvu Satellites Limited 37

Lanxess's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lanxess Solutions US Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	9	34.6%
2018	5	19.2%
2019	7	26.9%
2020	5	19.2%

Which technologies does Lanxess Solutions US Inc. patent most?

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

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 8

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 8

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 7

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

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

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

Top 15 of 23 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

Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lanxess Solutions US Inc.'s lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 46.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #11,709 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lanxess Solutions US Inc. against Konnectronix, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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

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.