Where does Sakata Seed America, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sakata Seed America, Inc. ranks #9,363 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 Sakata Seed America, Inc. hold?

Sakata Seed America, Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Sakata Seed America, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.8 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +367% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s patents?

Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Sakata Seed America, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Sakata Seed America, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Sakata Seed America, Inc. focus on?

Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 27 patents, ranking #29 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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, Sakata ranks #9,363 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 3 technology areas.

#9,363
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.8/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +367%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9363 · US Corporation #9,363 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,363/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Samsara Networks
CPC-NARROW A01H · 3 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +367% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Samsara Networks Inc. (±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 Sakata’s 49.8 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 12.3 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 6.1 pts (12%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Utica Leaseco · near

50
BEN Gurion Universit… · near

50
Memjet Technology · near

50
Sakata Seed America · this assignee

50
Z124 · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sakata's Innovation Score is 49.8/100 (top 14% 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 Sakata?

Each dot is one of Sakata’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). Sakata’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sakata's grants concentrate

Sakata Seed America, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 79.4% 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 2022 (14 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sakata sits between Stego-holding GMBH and Schumacher Electric Corporation.

Sakata's three-year grant acceleration

Sakata Seed America, Inc. shows 25 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Stego-holding

34
Steris

34
Streem

34
Syncrude Canada

34
Samsara Networks

34
Schneider Electri…

34
Schreder

34
Schumacher Electr…

34
Sakata Seed Ameri… ◀

34

What this shows Sakata holds 34 patents at rank #9,374, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sakata

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,374 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Sakata, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01H (NEW Plants OR), Sakata ranks #29 of 285 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

BEN Gurion University OF THE Negev Research AND Development Authority 50 Z124 50 Memjet Technology Limited 50 Utica Leaseco, LLC 50

Sakata's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Sakata Seed America, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	2.9%
2018	4	11.8%
2019	1	2.9%
2020	1	2.9%
2021	2	5.9%
2022	14	41.2%
2023	5	14.7%
2024	6	17.6%

Which technologies does Sakata Seed America, Inc. patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 27

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

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

Top 3 of 3 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

Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sakata Seed America, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 79.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #9,363 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sakata Seed America, Inc. against Stego-holding GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.8/100 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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