Where does Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. ranks #3,458 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 Finish B.V. hold?

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. holds 107 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. has an Innovation Score of 39.7 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +16% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s patents?

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s patents average 6.3 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 Finish 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

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. focus on?

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s top technology area is C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol) with 39 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 107 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Reckitt ranks #3,458 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 107 patents across 23 technology areas.

#3,458
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (39.7/100): 6.3
avg claims per patent: +16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3458 · Foreign Corporation #3,458 · 107 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 107 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,458/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mitsui High-tec
CPC-FOCUS C11D · 23 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mitsui High-tec, Inc. (±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
All-Clad Metalcrafte… · near

40
Blackmagic Design Pty · near

40
Reckitt Benckiser… · this assignee

40
Mead Johnson Nutrition · near

40
Wuhan Xinxin… · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Reckitt's Innovation Score is 39.7/100 (top 37% 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 Finish B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 36.4% of grants classified under C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (24 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Reckitt sits between Mitsui High-tec, Inc. and THE Conard Pyle Company.

Reckitt's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. moved from 43 to 18 grants (0.42x 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 #2,843. See the growth leaderboard.

Mitsui High-tec

107
Nxgen Partners IP

107
Ohio University

107
Persimmon

107
Sacmi Cooperativa…

107
Sunshine Lake Pha…

107
THE Catholic Univ…

107
THE Conard Pyle

107
Reckitt Benckiser… ◀

107

What this shows Reckitt holds 107 patents at rank #3,458, 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 #3,458 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C11D (Detergent Compositions)

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 (40 here).

Blackmagic Design Pty Ltd 40 All-Clad Metalcrafters, L.L.C. 40 Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. 40 Mead Johnson Nutrition Company 40

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (6.3 here).

Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation 6.3 avg Tatsuno Corporation 6.3 avg Dynasty Footwear, Ltd. 6.3 avg Toyo Kohan Co., Ltd. 6.3 avg

Reckitt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	6	5.6%
2017	6	5.6%
2018	24	22.4%
2019	9	8.4%
2020	21	19.6%
2021	13	12.1%
2022	3	2.8%
2023	12	11.2%
2024	3	2.8%
2025partial year	10	9.3%

Which technologies does Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. patent most?

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 39

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 8

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 5

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

C12Y - Enzymes 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 2

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 2

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,458

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

39.7 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 Finish B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V.'s lead technology class is C11D (Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol), 36.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C11D
Ranked #3,458 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Reckitt Benckiser Finish B.V. against Mitsui High-tec, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.7/100 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.

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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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