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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited ranks #33,020 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 (UK) Limited hold?

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2018, spanning 10 technology areas.

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

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100 (34th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited focus on?

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited's top technology area is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations) with 3 patents, ranking #361 of 1,001 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 (UK) Limited's patents?

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited's patents average 19.4 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 Reckitt Benckiser (UK) 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 (UK) Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2018. 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: A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Reckitt ranks #33,020 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 10 technology areas.

#33,020
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 34th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33020 · Foreign Corporation #33,020 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,020/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Raute Oyj
CPC-FOCUS A61Q · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Raute Oyj (±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 Reckitt’s 30.4 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 7.6 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.6 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Reckitt Benckiser (UK) · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Reckitt's Innovation Score is 30.4/100 (34th 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 Reckitt?

Each dot is one of Reckitt’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). Reckitt’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Reckitt's grants concentrate

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Reckitt sits between Raute Oyj and Red Leader Technologies, Inc..

Raute Oyj

8
Raycast Systems

8
Raze Therapeutics

8
Revision Optics

8
Recommind

8
Recorded Future

8
Red Creamery

8
Red Leader

8
Reckitt Benckiser… ◀

8

What this shows Reckitt holds 8 patents at rank #33,054, 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 #33,054 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations)

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

Reckitt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 34th percentile higher than 34% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2018

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 (UK) Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%

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

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 3

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 2

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

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 1

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 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

Top 10 of 10 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

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

Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited's lead technology class is A61Q (Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61Q
Ranked #33,020 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Reckitt Benckiser (UK) Limited against Raute Oyj, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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