Where does Climeworks AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Climeworks AG ranks #17,565 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 Climeworks AG hold?

Climeworks AG holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Climeworks AG's Innovation Score?

Climeworks AG has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Climeworks AG focus on?

Climeworks AG's top technology area is Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]) with 15 patents, ranking #28 of 342 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Climeworks AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Climeworks AG's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Climeworks AG's patents?

Climeworks AG's patents average 26.0 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 Climeworks AG 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

Climeworks AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Climeworks ranks #17,565 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 15 technology areas.

#17,565
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 26.0
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17565 · Foreign Corporation #17,565 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,565/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH CHiO Kang Medical
CPC-FOCUS Y02C · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 26.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: CHiO Kang Medical, Inc. (±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 Climeworks’s 45.1 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 (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (15%) Breadth 13.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Climeworks · this assignee

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Climeworks's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Climeworks?

Each dot is one of Climeworks’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). Climeworks’s own 26.0 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.

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

Where Climeworks's grants concentrate

Climeworks AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 93.8% of grants classified under Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Climeworks sits between Chonnam National University Hospital and Cooler Master Development Corporation.

Climeworks's three-year grant acceleration

Climeworks AG shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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.

Chonnam National…

16
Chio Kang Medical

16
Cibus US

16
Claas Tractor SAS

16
CMP Products

16
Cocrystal Pharma

16
Contrafect

16
Cooler Master Dev…

16
Climeworks ◀

16

What this shows Climeworks holds 16 patents at rank #17,547, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Climeworks

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,547 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02C (Capture)

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

Climeworks's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

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

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Climeworks AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	6.3%
2019	4	25.0%
2020	1	6.3%
2021	2	12.5%
2022	2	12.5%
2023	3	18.8%
2024	2	12.5%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Climeworks AG patent most?

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 15

B01D - Separation 15

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 2

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 2

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 2

C09C - Treatment OF Inorganic Materials, Other Than Fibrous Fillers, TO Enhance Their Pigmenting OR Filling Properties ; Preparation OF Carbon Black ; ; Preparation OF Inorganic Materials Which ARE NO Single Chemical Compounds AND Which ARE Mainly Used AS Pigments OR Fillers 1

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 15 of 15 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

Climeworks AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Climeworks AG's lead technology class is Y02C (Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG]), 93.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02C
Ranked #17,565 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Climeworks AG against Chonnam National University Hospital, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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