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
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.
Who leads C07G?
The 12 most active assignees in COMPOUNDS OF UNKNOWN CONSTITUTION — wider bars mean more grants
- Upm-kymmene
UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION
178 patents
- Virdia 37
Virdia, LLC
37 patents
- Renmatix 36
Renmatix, Inc.
36 patents
- Fibria Innovations 11
Fibria Innovations Inc.
11 patents
- Fpinnovations 42
FPInnovations
42 patents
- Ren Fuel K2b Ab 6
REN FUEL K2B AB
6 patents
- Api Intellectual Prop… 25
API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC
25 patents
- Valmet Ab
VALMET AB
98 patents
- Zainar 46
ZaiNar, Inc.
46 patents
- Granbio Intellectual… 43
GRANBIO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC
43 patents
- Annikki 17
ANNIKKI GMBH
17 patents
- Flotek Chemistry 47
Flotek Chemistry, LLC
47 patents
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.
View data table
| Rank | Company | Patents in C07G |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | UPM-KYMMENE CORPORATION | 178 |
| #2 | Virdia, LLC | 37 |
| #3 | Renmatix, Inc. | 36 |
| #4 | Fibria Innovations Inc. | 11 |
| #5 | FPInnovations | 42 |
| #6 | REN FUEL K2B AB | 6 |
| #7 | API Intellectual Property Holdings, LLC | 25 |
| #8 | VALMET AB | 98 |
| #9 | ZaiNar, Inc. | 46 |
| #10 | GRANBIO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS, LLC | 43 |
| #11 | ANNIKKI GMBH | 17 |
| #12 | Flotek Chemistry, LLC | 47 |
| #13 | ROCKWOOL A/S | 33 |
| #14 | Compagnie Industrielle de la Matiere Vegetale—CIMV | 8 |
| #15 | CMBLU Energy AG | 7 |
| #16 | Green Extraction Technologies | 5 |
| #17 | CHEVRON ORONITE COMPANY LLC | 90 |
| #18 | IP2IPO Innovations Limited | 48 |
| #19 | GrafTech International Holdings Inc. | 32 |
| #20 | DEINOVE | 16 |
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.
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