Where does PPG Coatings Europe B.v. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PPG Coatings Europe B.v. ranks #25,016 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does PPG Coatings Europe B.v. hold?

PPG Coatings Europe B.v. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is PPG Coatings Europe B.v.'s Innovation Score?

PPG Coatings Europe B.v. has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (top 72% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is PPG Coatings Europe B.v.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PPG Coatings Europe B.v.'s recent grant velocity is -62% 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 PPG Coatings Europe B.v.'s patents?

PPG Coatings Europe B.v.'s patents average 16.0 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 PPG Coatings Europe 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

PPG Coatings Europe B.v.

Q: What technology areas does PPG Coatings Europe B.v. focus on?

PPG Coatings Europe B.v.'s top technology area is 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) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2021. 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: 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 MATERI).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, PPG ranks #25,016 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#25,016
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 72%
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25016 · Foreign Corporation #25,016 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,016/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH PMT
CPC-NARROW C09D · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PMT Corporation (±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
PPG Coatings Europe… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows PPG's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (top 72% 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 PPG's grants concentrate

PPG Coatings Europe B.v. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under 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 MATERI). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, PPG sits between PMT Corporation and Protect3d, Inc..

PMT

11
PMV Pharmaceutica…

11
Poviva

11
Powergene Technol…

11
Pressco IP

11
Pribit Technology

11
Progress Lighting

11
Protect3d

11
PPG Coatings Euro… ◀

11

What this shows PPG holds 11 patents at rank #24,970, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PPG

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,970 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09D (Coating Compositions)

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

PPG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 Top 72% higher than 28% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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PPG Coatings Europe B.v. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	3	27.3%
2019	5	45.5%
2020	2	18.2%
2021	1	9.1%

Which technologies does PPG Coatings Europe B.v. patent most?

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 11

C08F - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON UNSATURATED BONDS 3

F16L - PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL 2

C08G - MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED OTHERWISE THAN BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING UNSATURATED CARBON-TO-CARBON BONDS 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

C08L - COMPOSITIONS OF MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS 2

C09K - MATERIALS FOR MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 1

B05D - PROCESSES FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL 1

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,016

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

28.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

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