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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. ranks #11,170 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 Group Holdings, Ltd. hold?

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 38 technology areas.

What is Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 55.3 out of 100 (top 7% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +18% 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 Group Holdings, Ltd.'s patents?

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.'s patents average 8.8 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 Group Holdings, 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 Group Holdings, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. focus on?

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 38 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 38 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Asahi ranks #11,170 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 38 technology areas.

#11,170
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 7%
by Innovation Score (55.3/100): 8.8
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11170 · Foreign Corporation #11,170 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,170/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adaptimmune
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 38 areas
INNOV-PAR 55.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adaptimmune Limited (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Asahi Group Holdings · this assignee

55
National Institute… · near

55
TriEye · near

55
i-PRO · near

55
Jumio · near

55
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Asahi's Innovation Score is 55.3/100 (top 7% 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.

Where Asahi's grants concentrate

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 38 CPC subclasses with 40.7% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Asahi sits between Anagog Ltd. and Advanced Flexible Circuits Co., Ltd..

Asahi's three-year grant acceleration

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. shows 10 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.

Anagog

27
Angus Chemical

27
Apollo Education…

27
Arcadia Bioscienc…

27
Assa Abloy Reside…

27
Adaptimmune

27
Addepar

27
Advanced Flexible…

27
Asahi Group Holdi… ◀

27

What this shows Asahi holds 27 patents at rank #11,156, 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 #11,156 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Asahi, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (55 here).

National Institute OF Metrology, China 55 TriEye Ltd. 55 i-PRO Co., Ltd. 55 Jumio Corporation 55

Asahi's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

55 Top 7% higher than 93% 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.

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Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	3	11.1%
2017	1	3.7%
2018	2	7.4%
2019	1	3.7%
2021	3	11.1%
2022	4	14.8%
2023	4	14.8%
2024	2	7.4%
2025partial year	3	11.1%

Which technologies does Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 11

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

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 5

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 4

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

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

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

C12H - Pasteurisation, Sterilisation, Preservation, Purification, Clarification OR Ageing OF Alcoholic BEVERAGES; Methods FOR Altering THE Alcohol Content OF Fermented Solutions OR Alcoholic Beverages 2

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 2

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

C05F - Organic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05c, e.g. Fertilisers From Waste OR Refuse 2

Top 15 of 38 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#11,170

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

55.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

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

Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 40.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #11,170 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. against Anagog Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 55.3/100 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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