Where does Kronotec AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kronotec AG ranks #36,159 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 Kronotec AG hold?

Kronotec AG holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Kronotec AG's Innovation Score?

Kronotec AG has an Innovation Score of 30.1 out of 100 (33rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Kronotec AG's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Kronotec AG's patents?

Kronotec AG's patents average 15.4 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 Kronotec 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

Kronotec AG

Q: What technology areas does Kronotec AG focus on?

Kronotec AG's top technology area is B27N (Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material) with 3 patents, ranking #31 of 83 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: B27N (Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kronotec ranks #36,159 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#36,159
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 33rd percentile
by Innovation Score (30.1/100): 15.4
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36159 · Foreign Corporation #36,159 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,159/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kongsberg
CPC-FOCUS B27N · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kongsberg 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 Kronotec’s 30.1 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 7.2 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (45%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kronotec · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kronotec's Innovation Score is 30.1/100 (33rd percentile 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 Kronotec?

Each dot is one of Kronotec’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). Kronotec’s own 15.4 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kronotec's grants concentrate

Kronotec AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B27N (Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2016. By volume, Kronotec sits between Kongsberg Inc. and Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Kongsberg

7
Kraft Tool

7
Kratos

7
Kringstad Ironwor…

7
Kryptos Biotechno…

7
Kuehnle Agrosyste…

7
Kumquat Bioscienc…

7
Kunming Institute…

7
Kronotec ◀

7

What this shows Kronotec holds 7 patents at rank #36,153, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kronotec

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,153 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B27N (Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles)

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

Kronotec's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 33rd percentile higher than 33% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Kronotec AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	57.1%
2016	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Kronotec AG patent most?

B27N - Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 2

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 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 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

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

Kronotec AG's lead technology class is B27N (Manufacture BY DRY Processes OF Articles, With OR Without Organic Binding Agents, Made From Particles OR Fibres Consisting OF Wood OR Other Lignocellulosic OR Like Organic Material), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B27N
Ranked #36,159 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kronotec AG against Kongsberg Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.1/100 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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