Where does UBE Material Industries, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), UBE Material Industries, Ltd. ranks #14,351 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 UBE Material Industries, Ltd. hold?

UBE Material Industries, Ltd. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

UBE Material Industries, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 36.5 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does UBE Material Industries, Ltd. focus on?

UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s top technology area is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients) with 12 patents, ranking #263 of 1,963 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s patents?

UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s patents average 8.8 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 UBE Material Industries, 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

UBE Material Industries, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, UBE ranks #14,351 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 22 technology areas.

#14,351
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.5/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14351 · Foreign Corporation #14,351 · 21 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,351/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Trinity
CPC-FOCUS C08K · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Trinity 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 UBE’s 36.5 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 10.7 pts (29%) Velocity 4.0 pts (11%) Breadth 16.6 pts (45%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
UBE Material… · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows UBE's Innovation Score is 36.5/100 (top 46% 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 UBE?

Each dot is one of UBE’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). UBE’s own 8.8 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where UBE's grants concentrate

UBE Material Industries, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, UBE sits between Trinity LLC and Uniloc 2017 LLC.

UBE's three-year grant acceleration

UBE Material Industries, Ltd. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Trinity

21
Truinject

21
Tyme

21
UBE

21
Ultra Display Tec…

21
Ultrasoc

21
Umnai

21
Uniloc 2017

21
UBE Material Indu… ◀

21

What this shows UBE holds 21 patents at rank #14,349, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near UBE

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,349 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances…)

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

UBE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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UBE Material Industries, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	33.3%
2017	4	19.0%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	2	9.5%
2021	3	14.3%
2022	1	4.8%
2024	2	9.5%

Which technologies does UBE Material Industries, Ltd. patent most?

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 12

C01F - Compounds OF THE Metals Beryllium, Magnesium, Aluminium, Calcium, Strontium, Barium, Radium, Thorium, OR OF THE Rare-earth Metals 10

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 9

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 7

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 7

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 7

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 4

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 3

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 3

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 3

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H10K - Organic Electric Solid-state Devices 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

B01D - Separation 1

Top 15 of 22 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

UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

UBE Material Industries, Ltd.'s lead technology class is C08K (Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08K
Ranked #14,351 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare UBE Material Industries, Ltd. against Trinity LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.5/100 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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