Where does Lucite International UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Lucite International UK Limited ranks #10,398 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 Lucite International UK Limited hold?

Lucite International UK Limited holds 30 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Lucite International UK Limited's Innovation Score?

Lucite International UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 37.7 out of 100 (top 43% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Lucite International UK Limited focus on?

Lucite International UK Limited's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 26 patents, ranking #170 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Lucite International UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Lucite International UK Limited's recent grant velocity is -85% 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 Lucite International UK Limited's patents?

Lucite International UK Limited's patents average 19.5 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 Lucite International UK Limited 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

Lucite International UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 30 granted patents across 16 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Lucite ranks #10,398 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 30 patents across 16 technology areas.

#10,398
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 43%
by Innovation Score (37.7/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10398 · Foreign Corporation #10,398 · 30 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 30 grants
UPPER-Q #10,398/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Link Labs
CPC-FOCUS C07C · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Link Labs, 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 Lucite’s 37.7 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 11.9 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gen9 · near

38
Icron · near

38
Lucite International… · this assignee

38
Qingdao Goertek… · near

38
Zhejiang Medicine… · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Lucite's Innovation Score is 37.7/100 (top 43% 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 Lucite?

Each dot is one of Lucite’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). Lucite’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Lucite's grants concentrate

Lucite International UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 86.7% of grants classified under C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2018. By volume, Lucite sits between Link Labs, Inc. and Magnolia Broadband Inc..

Link Labs

30
Lion Semiconductor

30
Lisle

30
Loop Commerce

30
Mando Mobility So…

30
Megagen Implant

30
MEI Pharma

30
Magnolia Broadband

30
Lucite Internatio… ◀

30

What this shows Lucite holds 30 patents at rank #10,398, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Lucite

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,398 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Lucite, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), Lucite ranks #170 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Qingdao Goertek Technology Co., Ltd. 38 Zhejiang Medicine Co., Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory 38 Gen9, Inc. 38 Icron Technologies Corporation 38

Lucite's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 43% higher than 57% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Lucite International UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	26.7%
2016	6	20.0%
2017	6	20.0%
2018	3	10.0%
2019	3	10.0%
2020	4	13.3%

Which technologies does Lucite International UK Limited patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 26

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 15

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 6

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

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 3

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

B01D - Separation 2

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

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

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

Top 15 of 16 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

Lucite International UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Lucite International UK Limited's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 86.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #10,398 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Lucite International UK Limited against Link Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.7/100 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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