Where does Rust-oleum Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rust-oleum Corporation ranks #37,293 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 Rust-oleum Corporation hold?

Rust-oleum Corporation holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Rust-oleum Corporation's Innovation Score?

Rust-oleum Corporation has an Innovation Score of 42.6 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rust-oleum Corporation focus on?

Rust-oleum Corporation's top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 3 patents, ranking #412 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rust-oleum Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rust-oleum Corporation's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Rust-oleum Corporation's patents?

Rust-oleum Corporation's patents average 20.1 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 Rust-oleum Corporation 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

Rust-oleum Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rust-oleum ranks #37,293 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#37,293
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.6/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37293 · US Corporation #37,293 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #37,293/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Rad Source
CPC-NARROW B05B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Rad Source Technologies, 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.

How Rust-oleum’s 42.6 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 7.2 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 10.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Rust-oleum · this assignee

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rust-oleum's Innovation Score is 42.6/100 (top 30% 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 Rust-oleum?

Each dot is one of Rust-oleum’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). Rust-oleum’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 19.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rust-oleum's grants concentrate

Rust-oleum Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Rust-oleum sits between RPL Holdings Limited and Rainforest QA, Inc..

Rust-oleum's three-year grant acceleration

Rust-oleum Corporation shows 4 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.

RPL Holdings

7
RQX Pharmaceutica…

7
Rugged Liner

7
Rumfert

7
Ryerson University

7
Rad Source

7
Raimund Beck Nage…

7
Rainforest QA

7
Rust-oleum ◀

7

What this shows Rust-oleum holds 7 patents at rank #37,194, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rust-oleum

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,194 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Rust-oleum's primary technology class.

Rust-oleum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Rust-oleum Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2024	1	14.3%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Rust-oleum Corporation patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

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 3

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 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

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

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 1

B27K - Processes, Apparatus OR Selection OF Substances FOR Impregnating, Staining, Dyeing, Bleaching OF Wood OR Similar Materials, OR Treating OF Wood OR Similar Materials With Permeant Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Chemical OR Physical Treatment OF Cork, Cane, Reed, Straw OR Similar Materials 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Rust-oleum Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rust-oleum Corporation's lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #37,293 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rust-oleum Corporation against RPL Holdings Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.6/100 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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