Where does SCA Hygiene Products AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SCA Hygiene Products AB ranks #2,147 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 SCA Hygiene Products AB hold?

SCA Hygiene Products AB holds 184 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is SCA Hygiene Products AB's Innovation Score?

SCA Hygiene Products AB has an Innovation Score of 51.9 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SCA Hygiene Products AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SCA Hygiene Products AB's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 SCA Hygiene Products AB's patents?

SCA Hygiene Products AB's patents average 14.8 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 SCA Hygiene Products AB 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

SCA Hygiene Products AB

Q: What technology areas does SCA Hygiene Products AB focus on?

SCA Hygiene Products AB's top technology area is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs) with 86 patents, ranking #66 of 3,082 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 184 granted patents across 55 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SCA ranks #2,147 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 184 patents across 55 technology areas.

#2,147
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.9/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2147 · Foreign Corporation #2,147 · 184 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 184 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,147/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Keio University
CPC-WIDE A61F · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Keio University (±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 SCA’s 51.9 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 18.0 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
IGT Global Soulutions · near

52
Qiagen · near

52
SCA Hygiene… · this assignee

52
Thunder Power New… · near

52
Touchtunes Music · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SCA's Innovation Score is 51.9/100 (top 11% 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 SCA?

Each dot is one of SCA’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). SCA’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How SCA's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, SCA Hygiene Products AB received 0 grants versus 184 in 2015–2019 (-100% equal-window velocity, bottom decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 46 grants and bottomed in 2019 at 10. Lead class A61F accounts for 46.7% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Keio University (#2,143) and Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH (#2,151).

Keio University

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Live Nation Enter…

184
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184
Pioneer Square Br…

184
Solaero

184
SCA Hygiene Produ… ◀

184
Avalanche Technol…

183
Brooks Automation

183
Carl Zeiss Indust…

183

What this shows SCA holds 184 patents at rank #2,147, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SCA

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,147 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SCA, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood Vessels), SCA ranks #66 of 3,082 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Touchtunes Music Company, LLC 52 Thunder Power New Energy Vehicle Development Company Limited 52 Qiagen GmbH 52 IGT Global Soulutions Corporation 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.8 here).

OFS Fitel, LLC 14.8 avg Conagra Foods RDM, Inc. 14.8 avg Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. 14.8 avg Voith Patent GmbH 14.8 avg

SCA's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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SCA Hygiene Products AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	44	23.9%
2016	46	25.0%
2017	42	22.8%
2018	42	22.8%
2019	10	5.4%

Which technologies does SCA Hygiene Products AB patent most?

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 86

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 41

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 21

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 19

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 15

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 13

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 10

D21H - Pulp COMPOSITIONS; Preparation Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclasses D21c OR D21D; Impregnating OR Coating OF PAPER; Treatment OF Finished Paper NOT Covered BY Class B31 OR Subclass D21G; Paper NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

D04H - Making Textile Fabrics, e.g. From Fibres OR Filamentary Material ; Fabrics Made BY Such Processes OR Apparatus, e.g. Felts, Non-woven FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; Wadding ; ; Non-woven Fabrics From Staple Fibres, Filaments OR Yarns, Bonded With AT Least ONE Web-like Material During Their Consolidation 6

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 4

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 4

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 3

Top 15 of 55 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

SCA Hygiene Products AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SCA Hygiene Products AB's lead technology class is A61F (Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive Device), 46.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61F
Ranked #2,147 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SCA Hygiene Products AB against Keio University, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.9/100 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

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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

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