Powder Coating & Wood Grain Transfer Patents: Leaders & Gaps 2026
Powder Coating and Wood Grain Transfer Patents on Profiles
One assignee dominates the field. the leader holds 43 records against a fifth-place count of 3 and a tenth-place count of 1, out of 17 ranked companies. Filings rose from 9 in 2017 to a peak of 35 in 2018, then pulled back. The 2021-to-2024 window shows a -50% change (2 down to 1); 2025 and 2026 are not yet complete counts because of publication lag, so they should not be read as a continued decline.
- 1TIGERWERK LACK & FARBENFAB43
- 2佛山市长盛兴隆装饰材料有限公司4
- 3SPECTRUM CUBIC4
- 4DECO AUSTRALIA PTY LTD4
- 5BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP3
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- The complete ranking, not just the top five
- Every IPC branch with its share of the corpus
- The most-cited records, and where claim space is still thin
Common questions about this landscape
Who holds the most patents in powder coating and wood grain transfer for profiles?
One assignee leads the ranked field with 43 records, well ahead of the fifth-placed company at 3 and the tenth-placed company at 1, across 17 ranked companies total. This is a concentrated field rather than an evenly spread one, so freedom-to-operate work should prioritise mapping that leader’s claims first. The gap between first and fifth place is large enough that most other filers hold only a handful of records each.
Is patent filing in this space growing or shrinking?
Filing peaked in 2018 at 35 records after rising from 9 in 2017, then declined; the most recent complete comparison, 2021 to 2024, shows a -50% change. However, 2025 and 2026 figures are not yet reliable because publication typically lags filing by around 18 months, so recent years will fill in as more applications publish. Treat any apparent recent drop-off as an artefact of publication timing rather than a confirmed slowdown.
What technology areas dominate the patent claims?
G03G, the electrography and electrophotography subclass, appears on 65.2% of the 66 records in scope, more than any other IPC class in this dataset. Coating-process claims under B05D (27.3%) and coatings/paints/inks under C09D (25.8%) follow. Because a single record can carry multiple IPC codes, these percentages overlap rather than sum to 100%, and the pattern suggests the transfer and imaging mechanics are claimed as heavily as the coating chemistry itself.
Disclaimer. This analysis is based on Patsnap Eureka data drawn from a limited snapshot of global patent records and is provided for general information and reference only. Patent data carries inherent limitations — recent filings are under-counted because of publication lag, counts may be on a record or family basis, classification and applicant-name data may contain errors or duplicates, and the underlying search query defines the scope shown — so the analysis may be incomplete or inaccurate and may not reflect the full technology landscape.
Nothing here is an exhaustive prior-art, novelty, freedom-to-operate or validity search, nor does it constitute legal, financial or professional advice, and it should not be relied upon as such. Verify independently and review with qualified patent and legal professionals before acting on it.
Method: Filing trend and technology composition. Derived from a Patsnap search on Powder Coating and Wood Grain Transfer on Profiles covering 2015–2026, data cut-off 2026-07-31. Counts reflect published records only and shift as new filings publish. Every share divides by all records in scope. Data: Patsnap Eureka. See the full landscape report.