Where does Asahi Breweries, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Asahi Breweries, Ltd. ranks #16,598 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 Asahi Breweries, Ltd. hold?

Asahi Breweries, Ltd. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Asahi Breweries, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 37.4 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Asahi Breweries, Ltd. focus on?

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 8 patents, ranking #63 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +13% 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 Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s patents?

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s patents average 6.8 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 Asahi Breweries, Ltd. 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

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Asahi ranks #16,598 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 11 technology areas.

#16,598
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.4/100): 6.8
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16598 · Foreign Corporation #16,598 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,598/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AO Technology
CPC-FOCUS B67D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AO Technology AG (±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 Asahi’s 37.4 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 10.0 pts (27%) Velocity 11.7 pts (31%) Breadth 11.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.1 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Breweries · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Asahi's Innovation Score is 37.4/100 (top 44% 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 Asahi?

Each dot is one of Asahi’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). Asahi’s own 6.8 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Asahi's grants concentrate

Asahi Breweries, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Asahi sits between AO Technology AG and Atago Co., Ltd..

Asahi's three-year grant acceleration

Asahi Breweries, Ltd. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

AO Technology

17
Apache

17
Armor

17
As0001

17
Asap Breatheassis…

17
Assa Abloy New Ze…

17
Astra Tech AB

17
Atago

17
Asahi Breweries ◀

17

What this shows Asahi holds 17 patents at rank #16,566, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Asahi

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,566 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Asahi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Asahi Breweries, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	23.5%
2016	1	5.9%
2017	1	5.9%
2019	2	11.8%
2020	1	5.9%
2021	1	5.9%
2022	3	17.6%
2023	3	17.6%
2024	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Asahi Breweries, Ltd. patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 3

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 3

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C12G - WINE; Preparation THEREOF; Alcoholic Beverages ; Preparation OF Alcoholic Beverages NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses C12c OR C12h 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

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 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.'s lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #16,598 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Asahi Breweries, Ltd. against AO Technology AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.4/100 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

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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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