Where does adidas AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), adidas AG ranks #590 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 adidas AG hold?

adidas AG holds 754 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 106 technology areas.

What is adidas AG's Innovation Score?

adidas AG has an Innovation Score of 61.5 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does adidas AG focus on?

adidas AG's top technology area is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear) with 242 patents, ranking #2 of 317 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 106 CPC subclasses total.

Is adidas AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

adidas AG's recent grant velocity is +49% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for adidas AG's patents?

adidas AG's patents average 12.8 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 adidas AG 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

adidas AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 754 granted patents across 106 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: A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, adidas ranks #590 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 754 patents across 106 technology areas.

#590
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (61.5/100): 12.8
avg claims per patent: +49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R590 · Foreign Corporation #590 · 754 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 754 grants
TOP-DECILE #590/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pacesetter
CPC-WIDE A43B · 106 areas
INNOV-STRONG 61.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pacesetter, Inc. (±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 adidas’s 61.5 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 22.9 pts (37%) Velocity 6.0 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kuraray · near

62
Acushnet · near

61
adidas · this assignee

61
Fudan University · near

61
Optum Services… · near

61
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows adidas's Innovation Score is 61.5/100 (top 3% 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 adidas?

Each dot is one of adidas’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). adidas’s own 12.8 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How adidas's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, adidas AG received 408 grants versus 273 in 2015–2019 (+49% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 102 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 15. Lead class A43B accounts for 32.1% of the portfolio across 106 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (#587) and The Toronto-Dominion Bank (#595).

adidas's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, adidas AG moved from 262 to 234 grants (0.89x 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 #1,500. See the growth leaderboard.

Mellanox

766
Mediatek Singapor…

761
Hanon Systems

758
Pacesetter

754
adidas ◀

754
Medline Industries

753
Shenzhen Goodix T…

753
Spigen Korea

749
The Toronto-domin…

748

What this shows adidas holds 754 patents at rank #591, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near adidas

By rank, the assignees closest to #591 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for adidas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A43B (Characteristic Features OF Footwear), adidas ranks #2 of 317 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (61 here).

Acushnet Company 61 Fudan University 61 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited 61 Kuraray Co., Ltd. 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (12.8 here).

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH 12.8 avg LG Energy Solution, Ltd. 12.8 avg Sogang University Research Foundation 12.8 avg Morpho, Inc. 12.8 avg

adidas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

61 Top 3% higher than 97% 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.

View data table

adidas AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	2.0%
2016	37	4.9%
2017	65	8.6%
2018	68	9.0%
2019	88	11.7%
2020	86	11.4%
2021	88	11.7%
2022	66	8.8%
2023	66	8.8%
2024	102	13.5%
2025partial year	73	9.7%

Which technologies does adidas AG patent most?

A43B - Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear 242

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 126

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 89

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 86

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 81

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 78

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 76

A43D - Machines, Tools, Equipment OR Methods FOR Manufacturing OR Repairing Footwear 71

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 63

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 60

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 56

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 53

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 51

H04B - Transmission 50

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 50

Top 15 of 106 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

adidas AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

adidas AG's lead technology class is A43B (Characteristic Features OF FOOTWEAR; Parts OF Footwear), 32.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A43B
Ranked #590 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare adidas AG against Mellanox Technologies, Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 61.5/100 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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