Overall rank by patents
#12,387
of 49,997 tracked assignees
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).
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.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Claas
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- Claas Saulgau · this assignee
Claas Saulgau · this assignee
51 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
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.
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.
Who files at Claas's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Calitor Sciences
Calitor Sciences, LLC
24 patents
- Camfil USA
Camfil USA, Inc.
24 patents
- Centrillion Techn…
Centrillion Technology Holdings Corporation
24 patents
- China National Of…
China National Offshore OIL Corporation
24 patents
- Constellium Neuf-…
Constellium Neuf-brisach
24 patents
- Copreci S COOP
Copreci, S.COOP.
24 patents
- Crrc Tangshan
Crrc Tangshan Co., Ltd.
24 patents
- Cyngn
Cyngn, Inc.
24 patents
- Claas Saulgau ◀
Claas Saulgau GmbH
24 patents
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.
- Calitor Sciences, LLC #12,379 · 24 patents
- Camfil USA, Inc. #12,380 · 24 patents
- Centrillion Technology Holdings Corporation #12,381 · 24 patents
- China National Offshore OIL Corporation #12,382 · 24 patents
- Constellium Neuf-brisach #12,384 · 24 patents
- Copreci, S.COOP. #12,385 · 24 patents
- Crrc Tangshan Co., Ltd. #12,386 · 24 patents
- Cyngn, Inc. #12,387 · 24 patents
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
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| 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?
Top 13 of 13 technology areas
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.
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