CPC technology class · C07

C07G — Compounds OF Unknown Constitution

Compounds of unknown constitution. 358 US utility patents granted 2015–2025, with the leading assignees and year-by-year filing trajectory.

358
US patents granted
C07
Parent CPC class
20
Active assignees
-11%
5-yr velocity
Top assignee: UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION (22 patents)

CPC subclass C07G — COMPOUNDS OF UNKNOWN CONSTITUTION — covers 358 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025 according to USPTO PatentsView records. This subclass sits within the broader CPC class C07 (ORGANIC CHEMISTRY), one of roughly 250 top-level technology categories in the Cooperative Patent Classification system jointly maintained by the USPTO and the European Patent Office. At the subclass level, four-character codes like C07G give the most practical resolution for tracking a specific technology domain without losing sight of adjacent filings. Every grant here has been classified by a USPTO examiner based on the technical disclosure in the patent specification.

The competitive landscape in C07G is shaped by 20 distinct companies actively filing in this space. UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION leads with 22 patents, followed by Virdia, LLC at 37 grants and Renmatix, Inc. at 36. Concentration at the top of the leaderboard indicates whether this technology area is dominated by a handful of incumbents or fragmented across many filers — a useful signal for investors evaluating competitive moats and for product teams mapping freedom-to-operate risk.

Filing trajectory matters as much as static counts. The yearly series on this page plots grants from 2015 through 2025, highlighting whether innovation in C07G is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling. Technology areas with rising post-2020 activity often reflect emerging markets or new platform shifts, while declining filings can signal mature domains where incremental improvement has slowed. Researchers, licensing professionals, and competitive-intelligence teams use these patterns — together with the top-assignee distribution — to decide where to invest, where to license, and where to avoid entanglement. All counts on this page come directly from USPTO PatentsView and reflect US granted utility patents only.

Is C07G innovation accelerating?

US utility-patent grants per year in C07G, 2015–2025 — recent five years are down 11% versus 2015–2019.

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Who leads C07G?

The 12 most active assignees in COMPOUNDS OF UNKNOWN CONSTITUTION — wider bars mean more grants

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What this shows Upm-kymmene is the most active filer in C07G, holding 22 of the 358 patents in this class. Concentration at the top signals how contestable this technology area is for new entrants.

Source USPTO PatentsView — granted utility patents As of 2015–2025 grant years
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About This Class

CPC subclass C07G belongs to class C07.

358 patents were granted in this class between 2015 and 2025.

20 companies actively patent in this space.

Classification System

Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) is a hierarchical patent classification system used by the USPTO and EPO.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CPC class C07G?
CPC subclass C07G covers COMPOUNDS OF UNKNOWN CONSTITUTION. It belongs to CPC class C07 (ORGANIC CHEMISTRY). The Cooperative Patent Classification is a hierarchical system used by the USPTO and European Patent Office to categorize patents by technology.
How many patents have been filed in C07G?
358 US utility patents were granted in CPC subclass C07G between 2015 and 2025, based on USPTO PatentsView data.
Which company holds the most patents in C07G?
UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION leads C07G with 22 patents, making it the most active assignee in this technology area.
How is patent data for C07G collected?
Patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It covers all US granted utility patents and assigns CPC codes based on the technology described in each patent.
What is the difference between CPC class and subclass?
A CPC class (e.g., C07) is a broad technology category. Subclasses like C07G provide finer granularity within that category. PlainPatent organizes data at the subclass level (4-character codes) for the most useful view of technology domains.

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Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView — official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial