Where does Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. ranks #17,147 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd. hold?

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd. focus on?

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s top technology area is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification) with 8 patents, ranking #1,552 of 9,657 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s patents?

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s patents average 16.5 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd. 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saint-gobain ranks #17,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 27 technology areas.

#17,147
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17147 · US Corporation #17,147 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,147/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sacmi Imola S C
CPC-FOCUS Y10T · 27 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sacmi Imola S.C. (±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 43.6 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 10.0 pts (23%) Velocity 5.3 pts (12%) Breadth 18.4 pts (42%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Saint-gobain's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.5 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Saint-gobain sits between Sacmi Imola S.C. and Schunk GmbH &Co. KG Spann-und Greiftechnik.

Saint-gobain's three-year grant acceleration

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Sacmi Imola S C

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What this shows Saint-gobain holds 17 patents at rank #17,146, 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 #17,146 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification)

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)

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

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 Adfors Canada, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	23.5%
2016	2	11.8%
2017	1	5.9%
2018	1	5.9%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	2	11.8%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	1	5.9%
2024	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. patent most?

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 6

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 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 4

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 3

D06N - Wall, Floor, OR Like Covering Materials, e.g. Linoleum, Oilcloth, Artificial Leather, Roofing Felt, Consisting OF A Fibrous WEB Coated With A Layer OF Macromolecular MATERIAL; Flexible Sheet Material NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 3

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

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

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

Top 15 of 27 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 Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y10T (Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y10T
Ranked #17,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd. against Sacmi Imola S.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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.

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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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