Where does KWS Vegetables B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), KWS Vegetables B.V. ranks #48,257 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 Vegetables B.V. hold?

KWS Vegetables B.V. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 1 technology areas.

What is KWS Vegetables B.V.'s Innovation Score?

KWS Vegetables B.V. has an Innovation Score of 37.1 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is KWS Vegetables B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for KWS Vegetables B.V..

What does claim depth mean for KWS Vegetables B.V.'s patents?

KWS Vegetables B.V.'s patents average 23.4 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 KWS Vegetables B.V. 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 Vegetables B.V.

Q: What technology areas does KWS Vegetables B.V. focus on?

KWS Vegetables B.V.'s top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 5 patents, ranking #99 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 1 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 1 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: 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 #48,257 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 1 technology areas.

#48,257
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.1/100): 23.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48257 · Foreign Corporation #48,257 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,257/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KVI
CPC-NARROW A01H · 1 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KVI 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 KWS’s 37.1 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 6.2 pts (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (36%) Breadth 3.5 pts (9%) Claim depth 14.0 pts (38%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
KWS Vegetables B V · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows KWS's Innovation Score is 37.1/100 (top 44% 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 23.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 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 Vegetables B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 1 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques). By volume, KWS sits between KVI LLC and Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd..

KWS's three-year grant acceleration

KWS Vegetables B.V. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

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What this shows KWS holds 5 patents at rank #48,165, 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 #48,165 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)

37 Top 44% higher than 56% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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KWS Vegetables B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	2	40.0%
2025partial year	3	60.0%

Which technologies does KWS Vegetables B.V. patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 5

Top 1 of 1 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 Vegetables B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

KWS Vegetables B.V.'s lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #48,257 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare KWS Vegetables B.V. against KVI LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.