Where does Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. ranks #3,287 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 Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. hold?

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. holds 114 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 54 technology areas.

What is Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. has an Innovation Score of 59.4 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. focus on?

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 44 patents, ranking #96 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 54 CPC subclasses total.

Is Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +1820% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s patents?

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'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 Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. 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

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 114 granted patents across 54 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Nouryon ranks #3,287 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 114 patents across 54 technology areas.

#3,287
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.4/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: +1820%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3287 · Foreign Corporation #3,287 · 114 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 114 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,287/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH F C C
CPC-WIDE C07C · 54 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1820% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C. (±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 Nouryon’s 59.4 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 16.4 pts (28%) Velocity 8.0 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Positec Power Tools… · near

59
Nouryon Chemicals… · this assignee

59
SMS group · near

59
Infinera · near

59
Office National… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Nouryon's Innovation Score is 59.4/100 (top 4% 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 Nouryon?

Each dot is one of Nouryon’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). Nouryon’s own 16.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Nouryon's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. received 96 grants versus 5 in 2015–2019 (+1820% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2022 at 22 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 5. Lead class C07C accounts for 38.6% of the portfolio across 54 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C. (#3,283) and Shape Security, Inc. (#3,291).

Nouryon's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. moved from 46 to 55 grants (1.20x 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 #787. See the growth leaderboard.

F C C

114
Kymeta

114
Miele & CIE KG

114
Maschinenfabrik R…

114
Osterhout Group

114
Robotis

114
Sanyo Denki

114
Shape Security

114
Nouryon Chemicals… ◀

114

What this shows Nouryon holds 114 patents at rank #3,287, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Nouryon

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,287 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Nouryon, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), Nouryon ranks #96 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

SMS group GmbH 59 Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. 59 Office National D'etudes ET DE Recherches AÉROSPATIALES 59 Infinera Corp. 59

Similar claim depth

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

Beijing Goldwind Science & Creation Windpower Equipment Co., Ltd. 16.7 avg Sonion Nederland B.V. 16.7 avg DRÄGER Safety AG & Co. Kgaa 16.7 avg General Cable Technologies Corporation 16.7 avg

Nouryon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	5	4.4%
2020	21	18.4%
2021	20	17.5%
2022	22	19.3%
2023	15	13.2%
2024	18	15.8%
2025partial year	13	11.4%

Which technologies does Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 44

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 18

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 16

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 16

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 14

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 13

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 12

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 11

B01D - Separation 9

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 9

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 9

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 9

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 8

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

Top 15 of 54 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

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Nouryon Chemicals International B.V.'s lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 38.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #3,287 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Nouryon Chemicals International B.V. against Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.4/100 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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