Where does Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. ranks #1,669 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 Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. hold?

Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. holds 247 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 68 technology areas.

What is Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 62.6 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -30% 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 Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'s patents?

Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'s patents average 18.5 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 Ceramics & Plastics, 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 Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. focus on?

Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'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 92 patents, ranking #13 of 1,052 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 68 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 247 granted patents across 68 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 #1,669 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 247 patents across 68 technology areas.

#1,669
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.6/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -30%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1669 · US Corporation #1,669 · 247 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 247 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,669/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH H LEE Moffitt…
CPC-WIDE C04B · 68 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -30% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: H. LEE Moffitt Cancer Center AND Research Institute 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 62.6 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 19.0 pts (30%) Velocity 7.4 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Abbyy Development · near

63
Saint-gobain… · this assignee

63
STMicroelectronics… · near

63
Essilor International · near

63
Hella & KGaA · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Saint-gobain's Innovation Score is 62.6/100 (top 2% 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 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.7 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 Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. received 98 grants versus 140 in 2015–2019 (-30% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 43 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 14. Lead class C04B accounts for 37.2% of the portfolio across 68 subclasses. Volume neighbours: H. LEE Moffitt Cancer Center AND Research Institute Inc. (#1,664) and iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. (#1,672).

Saint-gobain's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. moved from 54 to 60 grants (1.11x 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 #936. See the growth leaderboard.

H LEE Moffitt Can…

247
Honeywell Federal…

247
J Choo

247
Nice

247
THE Toro

247
Teknologian tutki…

247
Tobii AB

247
iheart Media Mana…

247
Saint-gobain Cera… ◀

247

What this shows Saint-gobain holds 247 patents at rank #1,668, 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 #1,668 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 #13 of 1,052 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

STMicroelectronics (Alps) SAS 63 Abbyy Development Inc. 63 Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA 63 Essilor International 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.5 here).

Zeno Semiconductor, Inc. 18.5 avg Block, Inc. 18.5 avg Bigfoot Biomedical, Inc. 18.5 avg Micromass UK Limited 18.5 avg

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

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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 Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	43	17.4%
2016	28	11.3%
2017	34	13.8%
2018	19	7.7%
2019	16	6.5%
2020	24	9.7%
2021	14	5.7%
2022	20	8.1%
2023	21	8.5%
2024	19	7.7%
2025partial year	9	3.6%

Which technologies does Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. 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 92

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 91

G01T - Measurement OF Nuclear OR X-radiation 53

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 50

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 38

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 30

B24D - Tools FOR Grinding, Buffing OR Sharpening 26

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 25

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 23

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 20

C09G - Polishing Compositions ; SKI Waxes 14

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 13

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 13

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 12

C30B - Single-crystal Growth ; Unidirectional Solidification OF Eutectic Material OR Unidirectional Demixing OF Eutectoid MATERIAL; Refining BY Zone-melting OF Material ; Production OF A Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material With Defined Structure ; Single Crystals OR Homogeneous Polycrystalline Material WI 12

Top 15 of 68 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 Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc.'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), 37.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C04B
Ranked #1,669 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Saint-gobain Ceramics & Plastics, Inc. against H. LEE Moffitt Cancer Center AND Research Institute Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.6/100 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

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