Where does LG Chem, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), LG Chem, Ltd. ranks #56 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 LG Chem, Ltd. hold?

LG Chem, Ltd. holds 6,727 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 278 technology areas.

What is LG Chem, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

LG Chem, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 66.9 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is LG Chem, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

LG Chem, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +8% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for LG Chem, Ltd.'s patents?

LG Chem, Ltd.'s patents average 12.9 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 LG Chem, Ltd. 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

LG Chem, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does LG Chem, Ltd. focus on?

LG Chem, Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 2,639 patents. Grants appear in 278 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6,727 granted patents across 278 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, LG ranks #56 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6,727 patents across 278 technology areas.

#56
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (66.9/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R56 · Foreign Corporation #56 · 6,727 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · CLEAR-GAP · CPC-BROAD · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 6.7K grants
TOP-DECILE #56/49,997
CLEAR-GAP Covidien
CPC-BROAD Y02E · 278 areas
INNOV-STRONG 66.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Covidien LP (±242 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Federal Express · near

67
Midea Group · near

67
Space Exploration · near

67
LG Chem · this assignee

67
Purem · near

67
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows LG's Innovation Score is 66.9/100 (top 1% 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.

How LG's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, LG Chem, Ltd. received 3,352 grants versus 3,098 in 2015–2019 (+8% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 962 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 414. Lead class Y02E accounts for 39.2% of the portfolio across 278 subclasses. Volume neighbours: KIA Motors Corporation (#52) and 3M Innovative Properties Company (#60).

LG's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, LG Chem, Ltd. moved from 2,670 to 1,479 grants (0.55x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,563. See the growth leaderboard.

KIA Motors

7,264
Honeywell Interna…

7,183
Siemens Aktienges…

7,003
Applied Materials

6,997
LG Chem ◀

6,727
Covidien

6,485
The Regents of th…

6,428
Saudi Arabian OIL

6,393
3M Innovative Pro…

5,993

What this shows LG holds 6,727 patents at rank #56, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near LG

By rank, the assignees closest to #56 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for LG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (67 here).

Purem GmbH 67 Midea Group Co., Ltd. 67 Space Exploration Technologies Corp. 67 Federal Express Corporation 67

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.9 here).

Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG 12.9 avg HCL Technologies Limited 12.9 avg Crosman Corporation 12.9 avg Johnson Health Tech Co., Ltd. 12.9 avg

LG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

67 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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LG Chem, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	534	7.9%
2016	492	7.3%
2017	642	9.5%
2018	633	9.4%
2019	797	11.8%
2020	962	14.3%
2021	911	13.5%
2022	566	8.4%
2023	414	6.2%
2024	499	7.4%
2025partial year	277	4.1%

Which technologies does LG Chem, Ltd. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2,639

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2,369

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1,243

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1,120

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1,069

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 865

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 749

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 666

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 647

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 623

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 597

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 538

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 533

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 500

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 491

Top 15 of 278 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#56

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

66.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

LG Chem, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

LG Chem, Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 39.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #56 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare LG Chem, Ltd. against KIA Motors Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 66.9/100 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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