Where does Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen ranks #3,941 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's Innovation Score?

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen has an Innovation Score of 60.4 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's patents?

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's patents average 22.2 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 Foreign Corporation

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen

Q: How many patents does Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen hold?

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen holds 92 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 57 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen focus on?

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's top technology area is C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone) with 75 patents, ranking #16 of 1,052 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 57 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen 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 - 92 granted patents across 57 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: C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Saint-gobain ranks #3,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 92 patents across 57 technology areas.

#3,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.4/100): 22.2
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3941 · Foreign Corporation #3,941 · 92 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 92 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Orbital Research
CPC-WIDE C04B · 57 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Orbital Research 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 60.4 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 15.7 pts (26%) Velocity 6.4 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 13.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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NAN YA Plastics · near

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Saint-gobain's Innovation Score is 60.4/100 (top 3% 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 22.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 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.

How Saint-gobain's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen received 33 grants versus 55 in 2015–2019 (-40% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2022 at 4. Lead class C04B accounts for 81.5% of the portfolio across 57 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Orbital Research Inc. (#3,937) and Shin-Etsu Polymer Co., Ltd. (#3,945).

Saint-gobain's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen moved from 22 to 21 grants (0.95x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Orbital Research

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Qlogic

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Safran Landing Sy…

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Saucony

92
Schreder

92
Shanghai Yanfeng…

92
Shin-etsu Polymer

92
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What this shows Saint-gobain holds 92 patents at rank #3,941, 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 #3,941 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C04B (Lime)

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 C04B (Lime), Saint-gobain ranks #16 of 1,052 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (60 here).

Institute OF Microelectronics OF THE Chinese Academy OF Sciences 60 Denso International America, Inc. 60 Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C. 60 NAN YA Plastics Corporation 60

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (22.2 here).

TeraDiode, Inc. 22.2 avg RF Micro Devices, Inc. 22.2 avg Minimax Viking Research & Development GmbH 22.2 avg Analog Devices Global Unlimited Company 22.2 avg

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

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

60 Top 3% higher than 97% 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 Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	16.3%
2016	14	15.2%
2017	10	10.9%
2018	6	6.5%
2019	10	10.9%
2020	6	6.5%
2021	6	6.5%
2022	4	4.3%
2023	6	6.5%
2024	11	12.0%
2025partial year	4	4.3%

Which technologies does Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen patent most?

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 75

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 24

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 16

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 12

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 11

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 10

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 9

B01D - Separation 9

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 8

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 7

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 7

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 5

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 4

Top 15 of 57 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 Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen's lead technology class is C04B (Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone), 81.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C04B
Ranked #3,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saint-gobain Centre DE Recherches ET D'etudes Europeen against Orbital Research Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.4/100 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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