USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Sapporo Breweries Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 10 technology areas, active 2015–2024. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: C12C (BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION ; PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

8.1

Avg claims per patent

+13%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Sapporo holds 17 US patents across 10 technology areas, rank #17,201 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#17,201
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 66%
by Innovation Score (30.4/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: +13%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Sapporo Breweries Limited has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2015 and 2024, placing Sapporo Breweries Limited at rank #17,201 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 10 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 8.1 claims per patent with primary concentration in C12C (BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION ; PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER). As a Foreign Corporation, Sapporo Breweries Limited is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Sapporo sits between Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Co., Ltd. (17 patents, rank #17,197) and Schweitzer Mauduit International, Inc. (17 patents, rank #17,205) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 30.4/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 9 grants, compared with 8 in the 2015–2019 window, a +13% shift in five-year velocity. Steady filing volume suggests sustained innovation without dramatic pivots. The Foreign Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Sapporo Breweries Limited's 8.1 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while concentration in 10 subclasses points to a focused technical program. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Sapporo Breweries Limited against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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What this shows Sapporo holds 17 patents at rank #17,201, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sapporo

By rank, the assignees closest to #17,201 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12C (BEER)

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

Sapporo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 Top 66% higher than 34% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Sapporo Breweries Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.9%
2016	3	17.6%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	1	5.9%
2020	3	17.6%
2021	2	11.8%
2022	2	11.8%
2024	2	11.8%

Which technologies does Sapporo Breweries Limited patent most?

C12C - BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION ; PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER 7

A23L - FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PREPARATION OR TREATMENT THEREOF 5

C12G - WINE; PREPARATION THEREOF; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES NOT PROVIDED FOR IN SUBCLASSES C12C OR C12H 3

C12N - MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA 3

A23V - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO FOODS, FOODSTUFFS OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND LACTIC OR PROPIONIC ACID BACTERIA USED IN FOODSTUFFS OR FOOD PREPARATION 3

C12P - FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERS FROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE 2

C12R - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES C12C - C12Q, RELATING TO MICROORGANISMS 2

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 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

A01H - NEW PLANTS OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Light

Tech Breadth Focused

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Growing

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#17,201

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Sapporo Breweries Limited hold?

Sapporo Breweries Limited holds 17 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Sapporo Breweries Limited's Innovation Score?

Sapporo Breweries Limited has an Innovation Score of 30.4 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Sapporo Breweries Limited focus on?

Sapporo Breweries Limited's top technology area is C12C (BEER; PREPARATION OF BEER BY FERMENTATION ; PREPARATION OF MALT FOR MAKING BEER; PREPARATION OF HOPS FOR MAKING BEER) with 7 patents. The company has filed patents in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Sapporo Breweries Limited's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Sapporo Breweries Limited's recent filing velocity is +13% compared to the prior five-year period. The company is maintaining or growing its patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Sapporo Breweries Limited's patents?

Sapporo Breweries Limited's patents average 8.1 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Sapporo Breweries Limited 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.

How to use this portfolio

Sapporo's 17 grants land it in the top 66% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Sapporo ranks #17,201 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in C12C - see who else leads that technology area. C12C leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · 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.