Where does Hochland SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hochland SE ranks #13,466 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 Hochland SE hold?

Hochland SE holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Hochland SE's Innovation Score?

Hochland SE has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hochland SE focus on?

Hochland SE's top technology area is A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products) with 14 patents, ranking #6 of 41 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hochland SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hochland SE's recent grant velocity is +0% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Hochland SE's patents?

Hochland SE's patents average 12.9 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 Hochland SE 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

Hochland SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hochland ranks #13,466 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 20 technology areas.

#13,466
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 12.9
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13466 · Foreign Corporation #13,466 · 22 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,466/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heishin
CPC-FOCUS A01J · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heishin 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 Hochland’s 40.3 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 10.8 pts (27%) Velocity 5.9 pts (15%) Breadth 15.8 pts (39%) Claim depth 7.7 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hochland SE · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hochland's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Hochland?

Each dot is one of Hochland’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). Hochland’s own 12.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hochland's grants concentrate

Hochland SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 63.6% of grants classified under A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hochland sits between Heishin Ltd. and Hypori, Inc..

Hochland's three-year grant acceleration

Hochland SE shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Heishin

22
Hgst

22
Hioki Denki

22
Hisense Ronshen (…

22
Hospital CLÍNIC D…

22
Huizhou University

22
Huvitz

22
Hypori

22
Hochland SE ◀

22

What this shows Hochland holds 22 patents at rank #13,457, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hochland

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,457 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products)

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

Hochland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hochland SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.1%
2016	2	9.1%
2018	1	4.5%
2019	6	27.3%
2020	2	9.1%
2021	1	4.5%
2022	5	22.7%
2023	3	13.6%

Which technologies does Hochland SE patent most?

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 14

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 10

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 8

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 3

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 2

B23D - PLANING; SLOTTING; SHEARING; BROACHING; SAWING; FILING; SCRAPING; Like Operations FOR Working Metal BY Removing Material, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

Top 15 of 20 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

Hochland SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hochland SE's lead technology class is A01J (Manufacture OF Dairy Products), 63.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01J
Ranked #13,466 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hochland SE against Heishin Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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