Where does Upm-kymmene Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Upm-kymmene Corporation ranks #2,217 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 Upm-kymmene Corporation hold?

Upm-kymmene Corporation holds 178 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 91 technology areas.

What is Upm-kymmene Corporation's Innovation Score?

Upm-kymmene Corporation has an Innovation Score of 58.7 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Upm-kymmene Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Upm-kymmene Corporation's recent grant velocity is -24% 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 Upm-kymmene Corporation's patents?

Upm-kymmene Corporation's patents average 18.9 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 Upm-kymmene Corporation 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

Upm-kymmene Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Upm-kymmene Corporation focus on?

Upm-kymmene Corporation's top technology area is D21H (Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 46 patents. Grants appear in 91 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 178 granted patents across 91 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: D21H (Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherw).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Upm-kymmene ranks #2,217 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 178 patents across 91 technology areas.

#2,217
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.7/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -24%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2217 · Foreign Corporation #2,217 · 178 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 178 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,217/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TE Connectivity…
CPC-WIDE D21H · 91 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -24% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TE Connectivity Services GMBH (±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
Hyperloop · near

59
Shenzhen University · near

59
Upm-kymmene · this assignee

59
Dialog Semiconductor… · near

59
Trimble Navigation · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Upm-kymmene's Innovation Score is 58.7/100 (top 4% 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 Upm-kymmene's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Upm-kymmene Corporation received 72 grants versus 95 in 2015–2019 (-24% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 25 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 9. Lead class D21H accounts for 25.8% of the portfolio across 91 subclasses. Volume neighbours: TE Connectivity Services GMBH (#2,213) and Interface Optoelectronics (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. (#2,221).

Upm-kymmene's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Upm-kymmene Corporation moved from 52 to 35 grants (0.67x 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 #2,236. See the growth leaderboard.

TE Connectivity S…

178
Texas Tech Univer…

178
Topcon Positionin…

178
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178
Upm-kymmene ◀

178
Acco Brands

177
Archer-daniels-mi…

177
Bright Data

177
Interface Optoele…

177

What this shows Upm-kymmene holds 178 patents at rank #2,217, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Upm-kymmene

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,217 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in D21H (Pulp Compositions)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Upm-kymmene's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

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

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Shenzhen University 59 Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. 59 Trimble Navigation Limited 59 Dialog Semiconductor (UK) Limited 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.9 here).

Sonicwall Inc. 18.9 avg Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 18.9 avg Red Hat Israel Ltd. 18.9 avg City University OF Hong Kong 18.9 avg

Upm-kymmene's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Upm-kymmene Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	9.6%
2016	15	8.4%
2017	25	14.0%
2018	23	12.9%
2019	15	8.4%
2020	24	13.5%
2021	13	7.3%
2022	13	7.3%
2023	9	5.1%
2024	13	7.3%
2025partial year	11	6.2%

Which technologies does Upm-kymmene Corporation patent most?

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 46

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 42

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 39

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 31

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 30

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 30

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 26

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 25

C07G - Compounds OF Unknown Constitution 22

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 22

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 20

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 20

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 18

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 17

B01D - Separation 15

Top 15 of 91 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,217

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

58.7 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

Upm-kymmene Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Upm-kymmene Corporation's lead technology class is D21H (Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherw), 25.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore D21H
Ranked #2,217 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Upm-kymmene Corporation against TE Connectivity Services GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.7/100 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.

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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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