Where does Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited ranks #2,092 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 Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited hold?

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited holds 189 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's Innovation Score?

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's patents?

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's patents average 4.3 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 Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited 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

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited

Q: What technology areas does Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited focus on?

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 10 patents. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 189 granted patents across 22 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: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Reckitt ranks #2,092 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 189 patents across 22 technology areas.

#2,092
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 4.3
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2092 · Foreign Corporation #2,092 · 189 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 189 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,092/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chiesi Farmaceutici…
CPC-FOCUS A47L · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. (±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
Nextivity · near

39
Reckitt Benckiser… · this assignee

39
Worxsafe AB · near

39
Beijing Qihoo… · near

39
Sugatsune Kogyo · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Reckitt's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Reckitt's grants concentrate

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 5.3% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (45 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Reckitt sits between Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. and B. Braun Melsungen AG.

Reckitt's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited moved from 33 to 8 grants (0.24x 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 #3,049. See the growth leaderboard.

Chiesi Farmaceuti…

189
GN Audio A/S

189
Okuma

189
Polycom

189
Tyco Japan G K

189
Reckitt Benckiser… ◀

189
Ansys

188
Avision

188
B Braun Melsungen

188

What this shows Reckitt holds 189 patents at rank #2,092, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Reckitt

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,092 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Nextivity, Inc. 39 Worxsafe AB 39 Beijing Qihoo Techology Company Limited 39 Sugatsune Kogyo Co., Ltd. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (4.3 here).

Ningbo Futai Electric Limited 4.3 avg GC Corporation 4.3 avg Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd 4.3 avg b.box for kids developments Pty Ltd 4.3 avg

Reckitt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% 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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Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	7.4%
2016	42	22.2%
2017	45	23.8%
2018	44	23.3%
2019	25	13.2%
2020	6	3.2%
2021	2	1.1%
2022	6	3.2%
2024	2	1.1%
2025partial year	3	1.6%

Which technologies does Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 10

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 9

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 8

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 7

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 6

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 5

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 4

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 2

E03D - Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor 2

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 2

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 1

Top 15 of 22 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,092

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

38.9 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

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited's lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 5.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #2,092 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Reckitt Benckiser (Brands) Limited against Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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