Where does Krones AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Krones AG ranks #629 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 Krones AG hold?

Krones AG holds 708 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 134 technology areas.

What is Krones AG's Innovation Score?

Krones AG has an Innovation Score of 65.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Krones AG's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Krones AG's patents?

Krones AG's patents average 15.9 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 Krones 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

Krones AG

Q: What technology areas does Krones AG focus on?

Krones AG's top technology area is 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) with 260 patents, ranking #12 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 134 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 708 granted patents across 134 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Krones ranks #629 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 708 patents across 134 technology areas.

#629
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.0/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R629 · Foreign Corporation #629 · 708 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 708 grants
TOP-DECILE #629/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Allegro MicroSystems
CPC-WIDE B29C · 134 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (±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 Krones’s 65.0 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 22.7 pts (35%) Velocity 7.8 pts (12%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Prime Planet Energy… · near

65
Synaptics Incorporated · near

65
Krones · this assignee

65
Autoliv Development AB · near

65
The Research… · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Krones's Innovation Score is 65.0/100 (top 1% 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 Krones?

Each dot is one of Krones’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). Krones’s own 15.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Krones's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Krones AG received 293 grants versus 376 in 2015–2019 (-22% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 116 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 45. Lead class B29C accounts for 36.7% of the portfolio across 134 subclasses. Volume neighbours: CJ Cheiljedang Corporation (#625) and Rakuten Group, Inc. (#633).

Krones's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Krones AG moved from 159 to 185 grants (1.16x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #845. See the growth leaderboard.

CJ Cheiljedang

709
NEW York Universi…

709
Allegro Microsyst…

708
Dexcom

708
Krones ◀

708
Arista Networks

706
DOW Agrosciences

704
Toppan Printing

704
Rakuten Group

703

What this shows Krones holds 708 patents at rank #629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Krones

By rank, the assignees closest to #629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Krones, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics), Krones ranks #12 of 4,378 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Synaptics Incorporated 65 Autoliv Development AB 65 The Research Foundation for The State University of New York 65 Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.9 here).

Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag 15.9 avg Wayne State University 15.9 avg GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property Development Limited 15.9 avg Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd. 15.9 avg

Krones's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Krones AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	116	16.4%
2016	89	12.6%
2017	64	9.0%
2018	56	7.9%
2019	51	7.2%
2020	47	6.6%
2021	61	8.6%
2022	73	10.3%
2023	67	9.5%
2024	45	6.4%
2025partial year	39	5.5%

Which technologies does Krones AG patent most?

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 260

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 187

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 166

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 119

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 114

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 57

B65C - Labelling OR Tagging Machines, Apparatus, OR Processes 56

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 49

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 37

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 35

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 35

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 31

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 26

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 26

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 26

Top 15 of 134 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

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

Krones AG's lead technology class is 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), 36.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #629 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Krones AG against CJ Cheiljedang Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.0/100 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

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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

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