Where does Kalle Gmbh rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kalle Gmbh ranks #24,629 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Kalle Gmbh hold?

Kalle Gmbh holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Kalle Gmbh's Innovation Score?

Kalle Gmbh has an Innovation Score of 35.8 out of 100 (top 48% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kalle Gmbh focus on?

Kalle Gmbh's top technology area is A22C (PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH) with 9 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kalle Gmbh's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kalle Gmbh's recent grant velocity is -62% 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 Kalle Gmbh's patents?

Kalle Gmbh's patents average 20.6 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 Kalle 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

Kalle Gmbh

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: A22C (PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kalle ranks #24,629 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 14 technology areas.

#24,629
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 48%
by Innovation Score (35.8/100): 20.6
avg claims per patent: -62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R24629 · Foreign Corporation #24,629 · 11 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #24,629/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Kadant
CPC-FOCUS A22C · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kadant 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kalle · this assignee

36
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Kalle's Innovation Score is 35.8/100 (top 48% 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 Kalle's grants concentrate

Kalle Gmbh is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 81.8% of grants classified under A22C (PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Kalle sits between KYB Motorcycle Suspension Co., Ltd. and Keep Security, Llc.

Kalle's three-year grant acceleration

Kalle Gmbh shows 1 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.

KYB Motorcycle Su…

11
Kyoyu AGRI

11
Kyung DONG ONE

11
Kadant

11
Kara Partners

11
Katana Safety

11
Katcher

11
Keep Security

11
Kalle ◀

11

What this shows Kalle holds 11 patents at rank #24,651, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kalle

By rank, the assignees closest to #24,651 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A22C (Processing MEAT)

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

Kalle's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 48% higher than 52% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kalle Gmbh patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	18.2%
2017	4	36.4%
2019	2	18.2%
2020	1	9.1%
2021	1	9.1%
2023	1	9.1%

Which technologies does Kalle Gmbh patent most?

A22C - PROCESSING MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH 9

B32B - LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM 4

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 4

A47L - DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING ; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; GENERAL PROCESSES OF COMPOUNDING; AFTER-TREATMENT NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C08B, C08C, C08F, C08G or C08H 1

D21H - PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

A23J - PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS; WORKING-UP PROTEINS FOR FOODSTUFFS; PHOSPHATIDE COMPOSITIONS FOR FOODSTUFFS 1

D06M - TREATMENT, NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE IN CLASS D06, OF FIBRES, THREADS, YARNS, FABRICS, FEATHERS OR FIBROUS GOODS MADE FROM SUCH MATERIALS 1

A01N - PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF ; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES ; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS 1

A23P - SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS 1

A23L - FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF 1

A23V - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION 1

B31B - MAKING CONTAINERS OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER 1

B65D - CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#24,629

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.8 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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