Where does Krohne AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Krohne AG ranks #4,955 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 Krohne AG hold?

Krohne AG holds 70 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Krohne AG's Innovation Score?

Krohne AG has an Innovation Score of 37.9 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Krohne AG focus on?

Krohne AG's top technology area is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume) with 69 patents, ranking #10 of 1,205 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

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

Krohne AG's recent grant velocity is -73% 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 Krohne AG's patents?

Krohne AG's patents average 11.5 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 Krohne 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

Krohne AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 70 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Krohne ranks #4,955 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 70 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,955
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (37.9/100): 11.5
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4955 · Foreign Corporation #4,955 · 70 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 70 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,955/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Industry-academia…
CPC-FOCUS G01F · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Industry-academia Cooperation Group OF Sejong University (±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 Krohne’s 37.9 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 14.7 pts (39%) Velocity 3.0 pts (8%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 6.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KAI R&D Center · near

38
Krohne · this assignee

38
Omicron · near

38
Skyline Partners… · near

38
Valeo Kapec · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Krohne's Innovation Score is 37.9/100 (top 42% 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 Krohne?

Each dot is one of Krohne’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). Krohne’s own 11.5 claims/patent is at or below the 15.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Krohne's grants concentrate

Krohne AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 98.6% of grants classified under G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (16 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Krohne sits between Industry-academia Cooperation Group OF Sejong University and Lehigh University.

Krohne's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Krohne AG moved from 20 to 9 grants (0.45x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Industry-academia…

70
Integrated DNA

70
Intellectual Vent…

70
Johnson Health Te…

70
Lantiq Beteiligun…

70
Largan Digital

70
Laboratoire Franc…

70
Lehigh University

70
Krohne ◀

70

What this shows Krohne holds 70 patents at rank #4,955, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Krohne

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,955 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01F (Measuring Volume)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Krohne, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01F (Measuring Volume), Krohne ranks #10 of 1,205 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

KAI R&D Center Co., Ltd. 38 Omicron electronics GmbH 38 Skyline Partners Technology LLC 38 Valeo Kapec Co., Ltd. 38

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.5 here).

Brembo S.p.A. 11.5 avg Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation 11.5 avg East China University of Science and Technology 11.5 avg Safran Helicopter Engines 11.5 avg

Krohne's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Krohne AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	11.4%
2016	16	22.9%
2017	9	12.9%
2018	8	11.4%
2019	14	20.0%
2020	4	5.7%
2021	2	2.9%
2022	7	10.0%
2023	1	1.4%
2024	1	1.4%

Which technologies does Krohne AG patent most?

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 69

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 16

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 15

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 2

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 1

G01H - Measurement OF Mechanical Vibrations OR Ultrasonic, Sonic OR Infrasonic Waves 1

B06B - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Generating OR Transmitting Mechanical Vibrations OF Infrasonic, Sonic, OR Ultrasonic Frequency, ; e.g.; FOR Performing Mechanical Work IN General 1

H04R - Loudspeakers, Microphones, Gramophone Pick-ups OR Like Acoustic Electromechanical TRANSDUCERS; Deaf-aid SETS; Public Address Systems 1

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

F15D - Fluid Dynamics, i.e. Methods OR Means FOR Influencing THE Flow OF Gases OR Liquids 1

Top 14 of 14 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

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

Krohne AG's lead technology class is G01F (Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume), 98.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01F
Ranked #4,955 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Krohne AG against Industry-academia Cooperation Group OF Sejong University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.9/100 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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