Where does Specialty Granules Investments LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Specialty Granules Investments LLC ranks #16,380 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 Specialty Granules Investments LLC hold?

Specialty Granules Investments LLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Specialty Granules Investments LLC's Innovation Score?

Specialty Granules Investments LLC has an Innovation Score of 56.9 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Specialty Granules Investments LLC focus on?

Specialty Granules Investments LLC's top technology area is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools) with 11 patents, ranking #25 of 243 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Specialty Granules Investments LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Specialty Granules Investments LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Specialty Granules Investments LLC's patents?

Specialty Granules Investments LLC's patents average 19.6 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 Specialty Granules Investments 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

Specialty Granules Investments LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 18 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Specialty ranks #16,380 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 18 technology areas.

#16,380
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.9/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16380 · US Corporation #16,380 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,380/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Solar-Tectic
CPC-FOCUS E04D · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Solar-Tectic, LLC (±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 Specialty’s 56.9 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 10.2 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 15.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Specialty Granules… · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Specialty's Innovation Score is 56.9/100 (top 6% 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 Specialty?

Each dot is one of Specialty’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). Specialty’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Specialty's grants concentrate

Specialty Granules Investments LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Specialty sits between Solar-Tectic, LLC and Standex International Corporation.

Specialty's three-year grant acceleration

Specialty Granules Investments LLC shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Solar-tectic

18
Solus Advanced Ma…

18
Sonicsensory

18
Southern Spine

18
Spike's Tactical

18
Spirax-sarco

18
Springs Window Fa…

18
Standex Internati…

18
Specialty Granule… ◀

18

What this shows Specialty holds 18 patents at rank #16,389, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Specialty

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,389 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04D (Roof Coverings)

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

Specialty's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Specialty Granules Investments LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	5.6%
2021	2	11.1%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	5	27.8%
2024	4	22.2%
2025partial year	5	27.8%

Which technologies does Specialty Granules Investments LLC patent most?

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 11

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 8

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 6

C05D - Inorganic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide 6

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 5

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

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 4

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 3

C05F - Organic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05c, e.g. Fertilisers From Waste OR Refuse 2

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 2

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

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

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

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 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Specialty Granules Investments LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Specialty Granules Investments LLC's lead technology class is E04D (Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04D
Ranked #16,380 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Specialty Granules Investments LLC against Solar-Tectic, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.