Where does Molecule Works Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Molecule Works Inc. ranks #21,469 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 Molecule Works Inc. hold?

Molecule Works Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Molecule Works Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Molecule Works Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.3 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Molecule Works Inc. focus on?

Molecule Works Inc.'s top technology area is B01D (Separation) with 9 patents, ranking #527 of 3,536 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Molecule Works Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Molecule Works Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Molecule Works Inc.'s patents?

Molecule Works Inc.'s patents average 17.5 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 Molecule Works 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

Molecule Works Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: B01D (Separation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Molecule ranks #21,469 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 18 technology areas.

#21,469
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.3/100): 17.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21469 · US Corporation #21,469 · 13 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,469/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsubishi Chemical UK
CPC-FOCUS B01D · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited (±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 Molecule’s 45.3 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 9.1 pts (20%) Velocity 10.7 pts (24%) Breadth 15.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Molecule Works · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Molecule's Innovation Score is 45.3/100 (top 23% 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 Molecule?

Each dot is one of Molecule’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). Molecule’s own 17.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Molecule's grants concentrate

Molecule Works Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under B01D (Separation). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Molecule sits between Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited and Motedata Corporation.

Molecule's three-year grant acceleration

Molecule Works Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Mitsubishi Chemic…

13
Mitsubishi Electr…

13
Mixed-signal Devi…

13
Mohamed bin Zayed…

13
Monogram Bioscien…

13
Monster Worldwide

13
Morse Micro Pty

13
Motedata

13
Molecule Works ◀

13

What this shows Molecule holds 13 patents at rank #21,474, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Molecule

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,474 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01D (Separation)

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

Molecule's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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Molecule Works Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	15.4%
2021	3	23.1%
2022	5	38.5%
2023	2	15.4%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Molecule Works Inc. patent most?

B01D - Separation 9

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

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

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 2

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 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

C22C - Alloys 1

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 1

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 1

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Molecule Works Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Molecule Works Inc.'s lead technology class is B01D (Separation), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01D
Ranked #21,469 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Molecule Works Inc. against Mitsubishi Chemical UK Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.3/100 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.