Where does Phillips 66 Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Phillips 66 Company ranks #1,510 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 Phillips 66 Company hold?

Phillips 66 Company holds 275 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 89 technology areas.

What is Phillips 66 Company's Innovation Score?

Phillips 66 Company has an Innovation Score of 56.3 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Phillips 66 Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Phillips 66 Company'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 Phillips 66 Company's patents?

Phillips 66 Company's patents average 12.3 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 Phillips 66 Company 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

Phillips 66 Company

Q: What technology areas does Phillips 66 Company focus on?

Phillips 66 Company's top technology area is 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) with 105 patents, ranking #11 of 504 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 89 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 275 granted patents across 89 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: 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 GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Phillips ranks #1,510 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 275 patents across 89 technology areas.

#1,510
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.3/100): 12.3
avg claims per patent: -26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1510 · US Corporation #1,510 · 275 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 275 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,510/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fuji Jukogyo
CPC-WIDE C10G · 89 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (±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 Phillips’s 56.3 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 19.4 pts (34%) Velocity 4.5 pts (8%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 7.4 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cornami · near

56
Magna Seating · near

56
Phillips 66 · this assignee

56
Amyris · near

56
Hgst Netherlands B V · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Phillips's Innovation Score is 56.3/100 (top 6% 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 Phillips?

Each dot is one of Phillips’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). Phillips’s own 12.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Phillips's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Phillips 66 Company received 113 grants versus 152 in 2015–2019 (-26% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 48 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 13. Lead class C10G accounts for 38.2% of the portfolio across 89 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (#1,506) and Acronis International GmbH (#1,514).

Phillips's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Phillips 66 Company moved from 96 to 65 grants (0.68x 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 #2,220. See the growth leaderboard.

Fuji Jukogyo

275
Haldor TOPSØE A/S

275
Lintec

275
Peking University

275
Unist(Ulsan Natio…

275
United States Gov…

275
Wolverine Outdoors

275
Phillips 66 ◀

275
Acronis Internati…

274

What this shows Phillips holds 275 patents at rank #1,510, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Phillips

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,510 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Phillips, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS), Phillips ranks #11 of 504 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Magna Seating Inc. 56 Cornami, Inc. 56 Hgst Netherlands, B.V. 56 Amyris, Inc. 56

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.3 here).

Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. 12.3 avg L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude 12.3 avg Continental Automotive GMBH 12.3 avg Valeo Systemes DE Controle Moteur 12.3 avg

Phillips's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Phillips 66 Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	10.2%
2016	16	5.8%
2017	36	13.1%
2018	24	8.7%
2019	48	17.5%
2020	25	9.1%
2021	23	8.4%
2022	28	10.2%
2023	24	8.7%
2024	13	4.7%
2025partial year	10	3.6%

Which technologies does Phillips 66 Company patent most?

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 105

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 87

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 53

B01D - Separation 53

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 45

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 42

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 33

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 32

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 29

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 29

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 26

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 21

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 16

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 13

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 10

Top 15 of 89 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

Phillips 66 Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Phillips 66 Company's lead technology class is 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 GAS), 38.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #1,510 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Phillips 66 Company against Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.3/100 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

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