Where does L'Oreal rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), L'Oreal ranks #213 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 L'Oreal hold?

L'Oreal holds 1,890 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 144 technology areas.

What is L'Oreal's Innovation Score?

L'Oreal has an Innovation Score of 67.9 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%).

What technology areas does L'Oreal focus on?

L'Oreal's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 1,250 patents. Grants appear in 144 CPC subclasses total.

Is L'Oreal's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

L'Oreal's recent grant velocity is +46% 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 L'Oreal's patents?

L'Oreal's patents average 16.7 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 L'Oreal 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

L'Oreal

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 1,890 granted patents across 144 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, L'oreal ranks #213 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 1,890 patents across 144 technology areas.

#213
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (67.9/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +46%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R213 · Foreign Corporation #213 · 1,890 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 1.9K grants
TOP-DECILE #213/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bridgestone
CPC-WIDE A61K · 144 areas
INNOV-STRONG 67.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +46% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bridgestone Corporation (±5 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
BlackBerry · near

68
Advanced Semiconduct… · near

68
L'Oreal · this assignee

68
Alipay (Hangzhou)… · near

68
Nikon · near

68
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows L'oreal's Innovation Score is 67.9/100 (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 L'oreal's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, L'Oreal received 1,037 grants versus 710 in 2015–2019 (+46% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 229 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 114. Lead class A61K accounts for 66.1% of the portfolio across 144 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mazda Motor Corporation (#209) and Compagnie Generale DES Etablissements Michelin (#217).

L'oreal's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, L'Oreal moved from 588 to 601 grants (1.02x 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 #1,124. See the growth leaderboard.

Mazda Motor

1,922
Sonos

1,911
Waymo

1,901
Bridgestone

1,895
L'oreal ◀

1,890
Tsinghua Universi…

1,881
Microsoft

1,880
Splunk

1,859
Compagnie General…

1,844

What this shows L'Oreal holds 1,890 patents at rank #213, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near L'Oreal

By rank, the assignees closest to #213 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (68 here).

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. 68 Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd. 68 BlackBerry Limited 68 Nikon Corporation 68

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.7 here).

Children's Medical Center Corporation 16.7 avg Nidec Motor Corporation 16.7 avg Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc. 16.7 avg GIESECKE+DEVRIENT Currency Technology GMBH 16.7 avg

L'oreal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

68 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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L'Oreal patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	137	7.2%
2016	114	6.0%
2017	144	7.6%
2018	163	8.6%
2019	152	8.0%
2020	209	11.1%
2021	227	12.0%
2022	229	12.1%
2023	175	9.3%
2024	197	10.4%
2025partial year	143	7.6%

Which technologies does L'Oreal patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1,250

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1,232

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 522

A46B - Brushes 141

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 95

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 89

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 71

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 65

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 63

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 58

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 57

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 57

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 56

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 52

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 40

Top 15 of 144 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#213

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

67.9 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

L'Oreal's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

L'Oreal's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 66.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #213 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare L'Oreal against Mazda Motor Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 67.9/100 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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