Where does KWS Saat SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KWS Saat SE ranks #12,081 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 SE hold?

KWS Saat SE holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is KWS Saat SE's Innovation Score?

KWS Saat SE has an Innovation Score of 39.0 out of 100 (top 39% 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 SE focus on?

KWS Saat SE's top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 18 patents, ranking #40 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

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

KWS Saat SE's recent grant velocity is -61% 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 SE's patents?

KWS Saat SE's patents average 28.2 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 SE 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 SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 13 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 #12,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 13 technology areas.

#12,081
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.0/100): 28.2
avg claims per patent: -61%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12081 · Foreign Corporation #12,081 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,081/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Kobe Seiko Sho…
CPC-FOCUS A01H · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 28.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -61% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.) (±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 39.0 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 11.3 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dentsply IH AB · near

39
Fundación para la… · near

39
KWS Saat SE · this assignee

39
Medical Research… · near

39
MOVEA · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KWS's Innovation Score is 39.0/100 (top 39% 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 28.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.9 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 SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 72% 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 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, KWS sits between Kimura Kohki Co., Ltd. and Kinetix AG.

Kimura Kohki

25
Klean Kanteen

25
Korea GAS

25
Kumho Tire

25
Kobe Seiko Sho (K…

25
Kanto Kagaku

25
Kenvue Brands

25
Kinetix

25
KWS Saat SE ◀

25

What this shows KWS holds 25 patents at rank #12,071, 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 #12,071 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for KWS, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01H (NEW Plants OR), KWS ranks #40 of 285 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Medical Research Council 39 MOVEA 39 Dentsply IH AB 39 Fundación para la Investigación Biomédica del Hospital Gregorio Marañó 39

KWS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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 SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.0%
2017	2	8.0%
2018	8	32.0%
2019	6	24.0%
2020	7	28.0%

Which technologies does KWS Saat SE patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 18

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

C07K - Peptides 3

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

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

C13B - Production OF SUCROSE; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

A23K - Fodder 1

Top 13 of 13 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 SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KWS Saat SE's lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 72% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #12,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KWS Saat SE against Kimura Kohki Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.0/100 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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