Where does Agrana Stärke GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agrana Stärke GmbH ranks #44,500 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 Agrana Stärke GmbH hold?

Agrana Stärke GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Agrana Stärke GmbH's Innovation Score?

Agrana Stärke GmbH has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Agrana Stärke GmbH focus on?

Agrana Stärke GmbH's top technology area is C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #73 of 415 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Agrana Stärke GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agrana Stärke GmbH's recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Agrana Stärke GmbH's patents?

Agrana Stärke GmbH's patents average 20.0 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 Agrana Stärke GmbH 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

Agrana Stärke GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agrana ranks #44,500 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 10 technology areas.

#44,500
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 20.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R44500 · Foreign Corporation #44,500 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
LOWER-Q #44,500/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AGC Seimi Chemical
CPC-FOCUS C08B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AGC Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. (±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 Agrana’s 29.4 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 6.2 pts (21%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.0 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Smart Eye AB · near

29
Water Tech · near

29
Agrana Stärke · this assignee

29
KYE Systems · near

29
Northern Tool &… · near

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agrana's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (30th percentile 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 Agrana?

Each dot is one of Agrana’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). Agrana’s own 20.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Agrana's grants concentrate

Agrana Stärke GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof). By volume, Agrana sits between AGC Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd. and Ahwon Corporation.

AGC Seimi Chemical

5
AGE OF Learning

5
Agile Devices

5
Agora Intelligence

5
Agriforce Growing…

5
Agrosavfe

5
AGS I-prop

5
Ahwon

5
Agrana Stärke ◀

5

What this shows Agrana holds 5 patents at rank #44,438, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agrana

By rank, the assignees closest to #44,438 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C08B (Polysaccharides)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Agrana, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C08B (Polysaccharides), Agrana ranks #73 of 415 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (29 here).

Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. 29 KYE Systems Corp. 29 Smart Eye AB 29 Water Tech, LLC 29

Agrana's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Agrana Stärke GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Agrana Stärke GmbH patent most?

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 5

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 4

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

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 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Agrana Stärke GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agrana Stärke GmbH's lead technology class is C08B (POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C08B
Ranked #44,500 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agrana Stärke GmbH against AGC Seimi Chemical Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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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