Where does Schul International Co., LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schul International Co., LLC ranks #4,911 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 Schul International Co., LLC hold?

Schul International Co., LLC holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Schul International Co., LLC's Innovation Score?

Schul International Co., LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schul International Co., LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schul International Co., LLC's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Schul International Co., LLC's patents?

Schul International Co., LLC's patents average 21.0 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.

How is the Schul International Co., LLC 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

Schul International Co., LLC

Q: What technology areas does Schul International Co., LLC focus on?

Schul International Co., LLC's top technology area is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings) with 65 patents, ranking #4 of 849 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Schul ranks #4,911 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 17 technology areas.

#4,911
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4911 · US Corporation #4,911 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,911/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Seattle Genetics
CPC-FOCUS E04B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Seattle Genetics, 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 Schul’s 43.2 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 14.8 pts (34%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 14.6 pts (34%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Faurecia Emissions… · near

43
Ivani · near

43
Schul International · this assignee

43
TriTeq Lock and… · near

43
Veveo · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schul's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Schul?

Each dot is one of Schul’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). Schul’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Schul's grants concentrate

Schul International Co., LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 91.5% of grants classified under E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (19 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Schul sits between Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Tokitae LLC.

Schul's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Schul International Co., LLC moved from 42 to 8 grants (0.19x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Seattle Genetics

71
Sekisui Plastics

71
SR

71
Staubli Faverges

71
Sichuan Qianli-be…

71
Siemens Gamesa Re…

71
Single Buoy Moori…

71
Tokitae

71
Schul Internation… ◀

71

What this shows Schul holds 71 patents at rank #4,915, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schul

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,915 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04B (General Building Constructions)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Schul, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04B (General Building Constructions), Schul ranks #4 of 849 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Veveo LLC 43 Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Germany GmbH 43 Ivani, LLC 43 TriTeq Lock and Security, LLC 43

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (21.0 here).

Dassault Systemes Simulia Corp. 21.0 avg ADC Telecommunications, Inc. 21.0 avg Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC 21.0 avg AGC Glass Europe 21.0 avg

Schul's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Schul International Co., LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	1.4%
2016	1	1.4%
2017	5	7.0%
2018	14	19.7%
2019	19	26.8%
2020	15	21.1%
2021	8	11.3%
2022	7	9.9%
2023	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Schul International Co., LLC patent most?

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 65

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 32

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 25

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 13

E01D - Construction OF Bridges, ; Elevated ROADWAYS; OR VIADUCTS; Assembly OF Bridges 11

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 7

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 4

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 4

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Schul International Co., LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schul International Co., LLC's lead technology class is E04B (General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings), 91.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04B
Ranked #4,911 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schul International Co., LLC against Seattle Genetics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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

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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