Where does Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. ranks #2,017 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 Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. hold?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. holds 198 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.8 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. focus on?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s top technology area is B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening) with 172 patents, ranking #1 of 165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -52% 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 Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s patents?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s patents average 18.0 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 Saint-gobain Abrasives, 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

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 198 granted patents across 37 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: B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saint-gobain ranks #2,017 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 198 patents across 37 technology areas.

#2,017
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.8/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: -52%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2017 · US Corporation #2,017 · 198 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 198 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,017/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CrossBar
CPC-FOCUS B24D · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -52% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CrossBar, 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 Saint-gobain’s 58.8 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 18.3 pts (31%) Velocity 8.2 pts (14%) Breadth 21.5 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Grundfos Holding A/S · near

59
Vermeer Manufacturing · near

59
CPS Technology… · near

59
Saint-gobain Abrasives · this assignee

59
West Texas Technolog… · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saint-gobain's Innovation Score is 58.8/100 (top 4% 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 Saint-gobain?

Each dot is one of Saint-gobain’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). Saint-gobain’s own 18.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Saint-gobain's grants concentrate

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 86.9% of grants classified under B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (35 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2020. By volume, Saint-gobain sits between CrossBar, Inc. and Abiomed, Inc..

Saint-gobain's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. moved from 35 to 43 grants (1.23x 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 #737. See the growth leaderboard.

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198
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198
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198
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198
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198
State Grid of Chi…

198
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198
Saint-gobain Abra… ◀

198
Abiomed

197

What this shows Saint-gobain holds 198 patents at rank #2,017, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Saint-gobain

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,017 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24D (Tools FOR Grinding)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Saint-gobain's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Saint-gobain, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B24D (Tools FOR Grinding), Saint-gobain ranks #1 of 165 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

CPS Technology Holdings LLC 59 West Texas Technology Partners, LLC 59 Vermeer Manufacturing Company 59 Grundfos Holding A/S 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.0 here).

Guardian Glass, LLC 18.0 avg Saturn Licensing LLC 18.0 avg Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. 18.0 avg Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Company 18.0 avg

Saint-gobain's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	35	17.7%
2016	26	13.1%
2017	20	10.1%
2018	28	14.1%
2019	17	8.6%
2020	6	3.0%
2021	12	6.1%
2022	14	7.1%
2023	16	8.1%
2024	13	6.6%
2025partial year	11	5.6%

Which technologies does Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. patent most?

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 172

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 50

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 42

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 14

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 12

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 9

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 6

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 5

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

Top 15 of 37 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

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc.'s lead technology class is B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening), 86.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24D
Ranked #2,017 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saint-gobain Abrasives, Inc. against CrossBar, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.8/100 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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