Where does Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs ranks #25,122 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./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs hold?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's Innovation Score?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th 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 Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs focus on?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's top technology area is B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening) with 8 patents, ranking #21 of 165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's recent grant velocity is +20% 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 Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's patents?

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's patents average 20.0 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs

Q: How is the Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs 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 PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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 #25,122 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 9 technology areas.

#25,122
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: +20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25122 · US Corporation #25,122 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,122/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH S-oil
CPC-NARROW B24D · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: S-oil Corporation (±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 31.2 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 8.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Saint-gobain… · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saint-gobain's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 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 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 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./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 72.7% of grants classified under B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Saint-gobain sits between S-oil Corporation and Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd..

S-oil

11
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11
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11
Safran Vectronix

11
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11
Samson Rope

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11
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11
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11

What this shows Saint-gobain holds 11 patents at rank #25,104, 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 #25,104 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B24D (Tools FOR Grinding)

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

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

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	9.1%
2016	1	9.1%
2017	2	18.2%
2018	1	9.1%
2020	3	27.3%
2021	3	27.3%

Which technologies does Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs patent most?

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 8

B28D - Working Stone OR Stone-like Materials 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 2

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 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

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

Top 9 of 9 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./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs's lead technology class is B24D (Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening), 72.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B24D
Ranked #25,122 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saint-gobain Abrasives, INC./SAINT-GOBAIN Abrasifs against S-oil Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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

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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

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