Where does Claas Saulgau GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Claas Saulgau GmbH ranks #12,387 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 Claas Saulgau GmbH hold?

Claas Saulgau GmbH holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Claas Saulgau GmbH's Innovation Score?

Claas Saulgau GmbH has an Innovation Score of 50.6 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Claas Saulgau GmbH focus on?

Claas Saulgau GmbH's top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing) with 21 patents, ranking #27 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Claas Saulgau GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Claas Saulgau GmbH's recent grant velocity is -17% 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 Claas Saulgau GmbH's patents?

Claas Saulgau GmbH's patents average 11.3 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 Claas Saulgau 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

Claas Saulgau GmbH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 13 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: A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Claas ranks #12,387 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 13 technology areas.

#12,387
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.6/100): 11.3
avg claims per patent: -17%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12387 · Foreign Corporation #12,387 · 24 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
UPPER-Q #12,387/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Calitor Sciences
CPC-FOCUS A01D · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -17% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Calitor Sciences, LLC (±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 Claas’s 50.6 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 11.1 pts (22%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 12.7 pts (25%) Claim depth 6.8 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Claas Saulgau · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Claas's Innovation Score is 50.6/100 (top 13% 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 Claas?

Each dot is one of Claas’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). Claas’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Claas's grants concentrate

Claas Saulgau GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 87.5% of grants classified under A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Claas sits between Calitor Sciences, LLC and Cyngn, Inc..

Claas's three-year grant acceleration

Claas Saulgau GmbH shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Calitor Sciences

24
Camfil USA

24
Centrillion Techn…

24
China National Of…

24
Constellium Neuf-…

24
Copreci S COOP

24
Crrc Tangshan

24
Cyngn

24
Claas Saulgau ◀

24

What this shows Claas holds 24 patents at rank #12,383, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Claas

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,383 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

Claas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Claas Saulgau GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.3%
2016	4	16.7%
2017	4	16.7%
2018	1	4.2%
2019	1	4.2%
2021	1	4.2%
2022	1	4.2%
2023	2	8.3%
2024	6	25.0%
2025partial year	2	8.3%

Which technologies does Claas Saulgau GmbH patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 21

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 9

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 7

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 4

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

A23K - Fodder 3

B60D - Vehicle Connections 1

B24B - Machines, Devices, OR Processes FOR Grinding OR Polishing ; Dressing OR Conditioning OF Abrading SURFACES; Feeding OF Grinding, Polishing, OR Lapping Agents 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

F16H - Gearing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Claas Saulgau GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Claas Saulgau GmbH's lead technology class is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing), 87.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01D
Ranked #12,387 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Claas Saulgau GmbH against Calitor Sciences, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.6/100 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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