Where does Claas Tractor SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Claas Tractor SAS ranks #17,563 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 Tractor SAS hold?

Claas Tractor SAS holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Claas Tractor SAS's Innovation Score?

Claas Tractor SAS has an Innovation Score of 50.3 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%).

Is Claas Tractor SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Claas Tractor SAS's recent grant velocity is +175% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Claas Tractor SAS's patents?

Claas Tractor SAS's patents average 18.3 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 Tractor SAS 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 Tractor SAS

Q: What technology areas does Claas Tractor SAS focus on?

Claas Tractor SAS's top technology area is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General) with 11 patents, ranking #37 of 251 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 17 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: A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Claas ranks #17,563 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 17 technology areas.

#17,563
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: +175%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17563 · Foreign Corporation #17,563 · 16 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,563/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Chengdu Xgimi…
CPC-FOCUS A01B · 17 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +175% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Chengdu Xgimi Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 50.3 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 9.8 pts (19%) Velocity 15.0 pts (30%) Breadth 14.6 pts (29%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Claas Tractor SAS · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Claas's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (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 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Claas's grants concentrate

Claas Tractor SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 68.8% of grants classified under A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Claas sits between Chengdu Xgimi Technology Co., Ltd. and Contrafect Corporation.

Claas's three-year grant acceleration

Claas Tractor SAS shows 9 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.

Chengdu Xgimi Tec…

16
Chonnam National…

16
Chio Kang Medical

16
Cibus US

16
Climeworks

16
CMP Products

16
Cocrystal Pharma

16
Contrafect

16
Claas Tractor SAS ◀

16

What this shows Claas holds 16 patents at rank #17,546, 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 #17,546 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR Forestry)

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)

50 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 Tractor SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	6.3%
2018	1	6.3%
2019	2	12.5%
2020	2	12.5%
2022	1	6.3%
2023	4	25.0%
2024	4	25.0%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Claas Tractor SAS patent most?

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 11

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 4

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 4

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 3

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 2

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 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

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 15 of 17 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 Tractor SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Claas Tractor SAS's lead technology class is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General), 68.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01B
Ranked #17,563 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Claas Tractor SAS against Chengdu Xgimi Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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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