Where does THE Chemours Company FC, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Chemours Company FC, LLC ranks #1,331 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 THE Chemours Company FC, LLC hold?

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC holds 319 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 79 technology areas.

What is THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's Innovation Score?

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC has an Innovation Score of 60.9 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 THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's recent grant velocity is +11% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's patents?

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's patents average 15.5 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 THE Chemours Company FC, 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

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC

Q: What technology areas does THE Chemours Company FC, LLC focus on?

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's top technology area is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere) with 130 patents. Grants appear in 79 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 319 granted patents across 79 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: C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #1,331 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 319 patents across 79 technology areas.

#1,331
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (60.9/100): 15.5
avg claims per patent: +11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1331 · US Corporation #1,331 · 319 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 319 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,331/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Amkor Technology
CPC-WIDE C09K · 79 areas
INNOV-STRONG 60.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Amkor Technology, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Briggs & Stratton · near

61
Ivoclar Vivadent · near

61
National Tsing HUA… · near

61
Suteng Innovation… · near

61
THE Chemours FC · this assignee

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 60.9/100 (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.

How THE's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, THE Chemours Company FC, LLC received 156 grants versus 141 in 2015–2019 (+11% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 36 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 18. Lead class C09K accounts for 40.8% of the portfolio across 79 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Amkor Technology, Inc. (#1,327) and Qisda Corporation (#1,335).

THE's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, THE Chemours Company FC, LLC moved from 96 to 96 grants (1.00x 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 #1,196. See the growth leaderboard.

Amkor Technology

319
Itron

319
Kiekert

319
R J Reynolds Toba…

319
THE Chemours FC ◀

319
Genzyme

317
Harman Becker Aut…

317
Massachusetts Mut…

317
Qisda

317

What this shows THE holds 319 patents at rank #1,331, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,331 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for THE, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Ivoclar Vivadent AG 61 National Tsing HUA University 61 Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. 61 Briggs & Stratton, LLC 61

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.5 here).

Osram Oled GMBH 15.5 avg Discma AG 15.5 avg Pierre Fabre MÉDICAMENT 15.5 avg Kantatsu Co., Ltd 15.5 avg

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 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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THE Chemours Company FC, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	5.6%
2016	27	8.5%
2017	32	10.0%
2018	28	8.8%
2019	36	11.3%
2020	32	10.0%
2021	28	8.8%
2022	28	8.8%
2023	32	10.0%
2024	36	11.3%
2025partial year	22	6.9%

Which technologies does THE Chemours Company FC, LLC patent most?

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 130

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 120

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 79

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 58

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 48

C10M - Lubricating Compositions ; USE OF Chemical Substances Either Alone OR AS Lubricating Ingredients IN A Lubricating Composition 44

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 41

A62D - Chemical Means FOR Extinguishing Fires OR FOR Combating OR Protecting Against Harmful Chemical AGENTS; Chemical Materials FOR USE IN Breathing Apparatus 39

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 39

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 35

C10N - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass C10m Relating TO Lubricating Compositions 35

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 31

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 29

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 26

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 25

Top 15 of 79 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,331

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

60.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Chemours Company FC, LLC's lead technology class is C09K (Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere), 40.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C09K
Ranked #1,331 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Chemours Company FC, LLC against Amkor Technology, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 60.9/100 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

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