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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PPG Europe B.V. ranks #49,709 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 PPG Europe B.V. hold?

PPG Europe B.V. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is PPG Europe B.V.'s Innovation Score?

PPG Europe B.V. has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

PPG Europe B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Europe B.V.'s patents?

PPG Europe B.V.'s patents average 14.4 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 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 Europe B.V.

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

PPG 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 5 patents, ranking #497 of 1,818 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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 #49,709 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#49,709
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 14.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49709 · Foreign Corporation #49,709 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,709/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Power Wave
CPC-NARROW C09D · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Power Wave Electronic Co., Ltd. (±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 PPG’s 29.4 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 6.2 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (23%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 8.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
PPG Europe B V · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows PPG's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (31st percentile 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 PPG?

Each dot is one of PPG’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). PPG’s own 14.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where PPG's grants concentrate

PPG Europe B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 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 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, PPG sits between Power Wave Electronic Co., Ltd. and Prayon Technologies.

PPG's three-year grant acceleration

PPG Europe B.V. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Power Wave

5
Powertech

5
Powervoice

5
Powis Parker

5
PPM Holdings

5
Pramet Tools S R O

5
Praxis Biotech

5
Prayon

5
PPG Europe B V ◀

5

What this shows PPG holds 5 patents at rank #49,570, 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 #49,570 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 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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PPG Europe B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%

Which technologies does PPG 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 5

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 4

C09F - Natural RESINS; French POLISH; DRYING-OILS; OIL Drying Agents, i.e. SICCATIVES; Turpentine 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

Top 5 of 5 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

PPG Europe B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PPG Europe B.V.'s lead technology class 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 Materi), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09D
Ranked #49,709 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PPG Europe B.V. against Power Wave Electronic Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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

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