Where does SÜDZUCKER AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SÜDZUCKER AG ranks #37,795 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 SÜDZUCKER AG hold?

SÜDZUCKER AG holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is SÜDZUCKER AG's Innovation Score?

SÜDZUCKER AG has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

SÜDZUCKER AG's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for SÜDZUCKER AG's patents?

SÜDZUCKER AG's patents average 15.6 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 SÜDZUCKER 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

SÜDZUCKER AG

Q: What technology areas does SÜDZUCKER AG focus on?

SÜDZUCKER AG's top technology area is A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation) with 3 patents, ranking #395 of 1,053 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Südzucker ranks #37,795 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 11 technology areas.

#37,795
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R37795 · Foreign Corporation #37,795 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
LOWER-Q #37,795/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Synerdyne
CPC-FOCUS A23V · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Synerdyne Corporation (±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 Südzucker’s 41.6 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 (17%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 11.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SÜDZUCKER · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Südzucker's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Südzucker?

Each dot is one of Südzucker’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). Südzucker’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Südzucker's grants concentrate

SÜDZUCKER AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Südzucker sits between SynerZ Medical, Inc. and Tachyum Ltd..

Südzucker's three-year grant acceleration

SÜDZUCKER AG shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Synerz Medical

7
Synerdyne

7
Synthomer Sdn Bhd

7
Sypris

7
T+ink

7
T-robotics

7
T J Harris

7
Tachyum

7
SÜDzucker ◀

7

What this shows SÜDZUCKER holds 7 patents at rank #37,767, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SÜDZUCKER

By rank, the assignees closest to #37,767 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods)

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

Südzucker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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SÜDZUCKER AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%
2025partial year	3	42.9%

Which technologies does SÜDZUCKER AG patent most?

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 3

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

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

C07K - Peptides 1

C25B - Electrolytic OR Electrophoretic Processes FOR THE Production OF Compounds OR NON-METALS; Apparatus Therefor 1

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

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 1

C12G - WINE; Preparation THEREOF; Alcoholic Beverages ; Preparation OF Alcoholic Beverages NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses C12c OR C12h 1

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 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

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

SÜDZUCKER AG's lead technology class is A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23V
Ranked #37,795 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SÜDZUCKER AG against SynerZ Medical, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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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