Where does Monolith Materials, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Monolith Materials, Inc. ranks #11,738 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 Monolith Materials, Inc. hold?

Monolith Materials, Inc. holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Monolith Materials, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Monolith Materials, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.1 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Monolith Materials, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Monolith Materials, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +375% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Monolith Materials, Inc.'s patents?

Monolith Materials, Inc.'s patents average 18.6 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 Monolith Materials, 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

Monolith Materials, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Monolith Materials, Inc. focus on?

Monolith Materials, Inc.'s top technology area is C09C (Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers) with 24 patents. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: C09C (Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Sing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Monolith ranks #11,738 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 17 technology areas.

#11,738
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.1/100): 18.6
avg claims per patent: +375%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11738 · US Corporation #11,738 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,738/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Max-Delbrück-Centrum…
CPC-FOCUS C09C · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +375% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
MyFitnessPal · near

57
Tecan Trading · near

57
Monolith Materials · this assignee

57
Black Diamond… · near

57
Brightview · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Monolith's Innovation Score is 57.1/100 (top 5% 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.

Where Monolith's grants concentrate

Monolith Materials, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 92.3% of grants classified under C09C (Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Sing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Monolith sits between Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft and Nippon Steel Stainless Steel Corporation.

Monolith's three-year grant acceleration

Monolith Materials, Inc. shows 15 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.

Max-delbrück-cent…

26
Medlumics S L

26
Metal Fusion

26
Mighty Oak Medical

26
Monrovia Nursery

26
Nagrastar

26
NEC Communication…

26
Nippon Steel Stai…

26
Monolith Materials ◀

26

What this shows Monolith holds 26 patents at rank #11,739, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Monolith

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,739 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09C (Treatment OF Inorganic Materials)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

MyFitnessPal, Inc. 57 Tecan Trading AG 57 Brightview Technologies, Inc. 57 Black Diamond Oilfield Rentals LLC 57

Monolith's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Monolith Materials, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	3.8%
2018	2	7.7%
2019	1	3.8%
2020	2	7.7%
2021	2	7.7%
2022	3	11.5%
2023	3	11.5%
2024	9	34.6%
2025partial year	3	11.5%

Which technologies does Monolith Materials, Inc. patent most?

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 24

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 13

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 10

H05H - Plasma Technique ; Production OF Accelerated Electrically-charged Particles OR OF NEUTRONS; Production OR Acceleration OF Neutral Molecular OR Atomic Beams 9

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 7

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 2

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 2

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 2

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 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

C21B - Manufacture OF Iron OR Steel 1

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 1

Top 15 of 17 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,738

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

57.1 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

Monolith Materials, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Monolith Materials, Inc.'s lead technology class is C09C (Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Sing), 92.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09C
Ranked #11,738 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Monolith Materials, Inc. against Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.1/100 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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