Where does C7 Sugar GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), C7 Sugar GMBH ranks #45,413 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 C7 Sugar GMBH hold?

C7 Sugar GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is C7 Sugar GMBH's Innovation Score?

C7 Sugar GMBH has an Innovation Score of 22.9 out of 100 (11th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is C7 Sugar GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

C7 Sugar 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 C7 Sugar GMBH's patents?

C7 Sugar GMBH's patents average 13.4 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 C7 Sugar 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

C7 Sugar GMBH

Q: What technology areas does C7 Sugar GMBH focus on?

C7 Sugar GMBH's top technology area is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations) with 5 patents. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, C7 ranks #45,413 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#45,413
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.9/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45413 · Foreign Corporation #45,413 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,413/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH C2N Diagnostics
CPC-NARROW A61P · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: C2N Diagnostics (±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
C7 Sugar · this assignee

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows C7's Innovation Score is 22.9/100 (11th 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.

Where C7's grants concentrate

C7 Sugar GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, C7 sits between C2N Diagnostics and Calik Denim Tekstil SAN. VE TIC. A.S..

C2N Diagnostics

5
C3 Jian

5
C360

5
C4 Carbides

5
Ca-digital

5
Cable Detection

5
Caddi

5
Calik Denim Tekst…

5
C7 Sugar ◀

5

What this shows C7 holds 5 patents at rank #45,423, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near C7

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,423 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Me…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in C7's primary technology class.

C7's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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C7 Sugar GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does C7 Sugar GMBH patent most?

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

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

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#45,413

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

22.9 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

C7 Sugar GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

C7 Sugar GMBH's lead technology class is A61P (Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61P
Ranked #45,413 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 22.9/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.