Where does KWS Saat AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KWS Saat AG ranks #18,821 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 KWS Saat AG hold?

KWS Saat AG holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is KWS Saat AG's Innovation Score?

KWS Saat AG has an Innovation Score of 35.0 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does KWS Saat AG focus on?

KWS Saat AG's top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 12 patents, ranking #60 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is KWS Saat AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

KWS Saat AG's recent grant velocity is -93% 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 KWS Saat AG's patents?

KWS Saat AG's patents average 24.7 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 KWS Saat 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

KWS Saat AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, KWS ranks #18,821 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,821
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.0/100): 24.7
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18821 · Foreign Corporation #18,821 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,821/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Yoshikawakuni Kogyosho
CPC-NARROW A01H · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Yoshikawakuni Kogyosho (±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 KWS’s 35.0 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 9.6 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (30%) Claim depth 14.8 pts (42%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KWS Saat · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KWS's Innovation Score is 35.0/100 (top 50% 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 KWS?

Each dot is one of KWS’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). KWS’s own 24.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where KWS's grants concentrate

KWS Saat AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, KWS sits between Klinikum Rechts DER Isar DER Technischen UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN and Kakaobank Corp..

Klinikum Rechts D…

15
Kode Biotech

15
Kronoplus Technic…

15
Kuryakyn Holdings

15
Kyodo Printing

15
Kyowa Medex

15
Yoshikawakuni Kog…

15
Kakaobank

15
KWS Saat ◀

15

What this shows KWS holds 15 patents at rank #18,804, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near KWS

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,804 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

KWS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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KWS Saat AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	53.3%
2016	5	33.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2020	1	6.7%

Which technologies does KWS Saat AG patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 12

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 11

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

C07K - Peptides 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

KWS Saat AG's lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #18,821 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KWS Saat AG against Klinikum Rechts DER Isar DER Technischen UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.0/100 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

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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