Where does Method Products, PBC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Method Products, PBC ranks #9,557 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 Method Products, PBC hold?

Method Products, PBC holds 33 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Method Products, PBC's Innovation Score?

Method Products, PBC has an Innovation Score of 31.6 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Method Products, PBC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Method Products, PBC's recent grant velocity is -26% 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 Method Products, PBC's patents?

Method Products, PBC's patents average 5.6 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 Method Products, PBC 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

Method Products, PBC

Q: What technology areas does Method Products, PBC focus on?

Method Products, PBC's top technology area is C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol) with 4 patents, ranking #119 of 397 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 33 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Method ranks #9,557 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 33 patents across 7 technology areas.

#9,557
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.6/100): 5.6
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9557 · US Corporation #9,557 · 33 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 33 grants
UPPER-Q #9,557/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mahle Behr & KG
CPC-NARROW C11D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Method’s 31.6 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 12.2 pts (38%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 9.4 pts (30%) Claim depth 3.4 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
EBI · near

32
Feng HE Ying ZAO Group · near

32
Method Products PBC · this assignee

32
Zhejiang Arru Pet… · near

32
Pangu BioPharma · near

32
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Method's Innovation Score is 31.6/100 (38th percentile 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 Method?

Each dot is one of Method’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). Method’s own 5.6 claims/patent is at or below the 10.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Method's grants concentrate

Method Products, PBC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 12.1% of grants classified under C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Method sits between Montage Technology (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd. and Nationwide Children's Hospital, Inc..

Method's three-year grant acceleration

Method Products, PBC shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Montage Technolog…

33
Moynat Paris SAS

33
Mahle Behr & KG

33
Mesoblast Interna…

33
Monterey Research

33
Moresco

33
National Cerebral…

33
Nationwide Childr…

33
Method Products P… ◀

33

What this shows Method holds 33 patents at rank #9,560, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Method

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,560 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C11D (Detergent Compositions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Method, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C11D (Detergent Compositions), Method ranks #119 of 397 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (32 here).

EBI, LLC 32 Zhejiang Arru Pet Products Co., Ltd. 32 Feng HE Ying ZAO Group Co., Ltd. 32 Pangu BioPharma Limited 32

Method's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Method Products, PBC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	15.2%
2016	2	6.1%
2017	4	12.1%
2018	4	12.1%
2019	4	12.1%
2020	3	9.1%
2021	2	6.1%
2022	2	6.1%
2023	4	12.1%
2024	3	9.1%

Which technologies does Method Products, PBC patent most?

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 4

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Method Products, PBC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Method Products, PBC's lead technology class is C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol), 12.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C11D
Ranked #9,557 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Method Products, PBC against Montage Technology (SHANGHAI) Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.6/100 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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