Where does Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. ranks #23,330 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 Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. hold?

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. focus on?

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds) with 5 patents, ranking #1,402 of 3,165 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s patents average 18.3 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 Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., 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 Foreign Corporation

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Samsung ranks #23,330 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 20 technology areas.

#23,330
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23330 · Foreign Corporation #23,330 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,330/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Safran Aerosystems
CPC-FOCUS C07D · 20 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Safran Aerosystems (±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 Samsung’s 35.7 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 8.9 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 15.8 pts (44%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Samsung Fine Chemicals · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Samsung's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 49% 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 Samsung?

Each dot is one of Samsung’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). Samsung’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Samsung's grants concentrate

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 41.7% of grants classified under C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Samsung sits between Safran Aerosystems and Sanovas, Inc..

Safran Aerosystems

12
Safran Aerotechni…

12
Safran Identity &…

12
Samjin LND

12
Samuelson Group

12
Sanden Automotive…

12
Sangfor

12
Sanovas

12
Samsung Fine Chem… ◀

12

What this shows Samsung holds 12 patents at rank #23,321, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Samsung

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,321 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Samsung's primary technology class.

Samsung's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	83.3%
2016	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. patent most?

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 5

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 5

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 2

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

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

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

H10D - Inorganic Electric Semiconductor Devices 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is C07D (Heterocyclic Compounds), 41.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07D
Ranked #23,330 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. against Safran Aerosystems, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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