Where does Renewable Energy Group, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Renewable Energy Group, Inc. ranks #33,054 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 Renewable Energy Group, Inc. hold?

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.2 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s patents?

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s patents average 22.9 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 Renewable Energy Group, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Renewable Energy Group, Inc. focus on?

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s top technology area is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution) with 5 patents, ranking #2,175 of 5,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 14 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: Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Renewable ranks #33,054 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 14 technology areas.

#33,054
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (41.2/100): 22.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33054 · US Corporation #33,054 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,054/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Reliefed AB
CPC-FOCUS Y02E · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Reliefed AB (±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 Renewable’s 41.2 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 (18%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 13.2 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.7 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Renewable Energy Group · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Renewable's Innovation Score is 41.2/100 (top 34% 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 Renewable?

Each dot is one of Renewable’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). Renewable’s own 22.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Renewable's grants concentrate

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Renewable sits between Reliefed AB and Resonac Packaging Corporation.

Renewable's three-year grant acceleration

Renewable Energy Group, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Reliefed AB

8
Renaissance Patio…

8
Renesas Design Au…

8
Renew Group Priva…

8
Renovorx

8
Rentacoop

8
Republic of Korea…

8
Resonac Packaging

8
Renewable Energy… ◀

8

What this shows Renewable holds 8 patents at rank #33,072, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Renewable

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,072 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions)

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

Renewable's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Renewable Energy Group, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Renewable Energy Group, Inc. patent most?

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 5

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 5

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 4

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 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 2

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Renewable Energy Group, Inc.'s lead technology class is Y02E (Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02E
Ranked #33,054 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Renewable Energy Group, Inc. against Reliefed AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.2/100 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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