Where does Kuhn S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kuhn S.A. ranks #8,064 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 Kuhn S.A. hold?

Kuhn S.A. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Kuhn S.A.'s Innovation Score?

Kuhn S.A. has an Innovation Score of 36.9 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Kuhn S.A. focus on?

Kuhn S.A.'s top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing) with 24 patents, ranking #22 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kuhn S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kuhn S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Kuhn S.A.'s patents?

Kuhn S.A.'s patents average 14.5 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 Kuhn S.A. 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

Kuhn S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 11 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: A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Kuhn ranks #8,064 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 11 technology areas.

#8,064
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.9/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8064 · Foreign Corporation #8,064 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,064/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Johannes Gutenberg-U…
CPC-FOCUS A01D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (±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 Kuhn’s 36.9 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 12.8 pts (35%) Velocity 3.6 pts (10%) Breadth 11.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Buster and Punch · near

37
Geospace · near

37
Joyetech Europe… · near

37
Kuhn · this assignee

37
Lehigh · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kuhn's Innovation Score is 36.9/100 (top 45% 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 Kuhn?

Each dot is one of Kuhn’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). Kuhn’s own 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Kuhn's grants concentrate

Kuhn S.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (7 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, Kuhn sits between Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Locus Robotics Corp..

Kuhn's three-year grant acceleration

Kuhn S.A. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Johannes Gutenber…

40
John Zink

40
Keihin Thermal Te…

40
Kirin Holdings

40
Kumiai Chemical I…

40
Kojima Industries

40
Landis+Gyr

40
Locus Robotics

40
Kuhn ◀

40

What this shows Kuhn holds 40 patents at rank #8,062, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kuhn

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,062 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kuhn, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01D (Harvesting), Kuhn ranks #22 of 302 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Buster and Punch Limited 37 Joyetech Europe Holding GmbH 37 Lehigh Technologies, Inc. 37 Geospace Technologies Corporation 37

Kuhn's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% 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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Kuhn S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	17.5%
2016	6	15.0%
2017	6	15.0%
2018	4	10.0%
2019	5	12.5%
2020	2	5.0%
2021	4	10.0%
2022	2	5.0%
2023	4	10.0%

Which technologies does Kuhn S.A. patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 24

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 21

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 12

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

F16N - Lubricating 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Kuhn S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kuhn S.A.'s lead technology class is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01D
Ranked #8,064 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kuhn S.A. against Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.9/100 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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