Where does SDS Biotech K.K. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SDS Biotech K.K. ranks #19,124 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 SDS Biotech K.K. hold?

SDS Biotech K.K. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is SDS Biotech K.K.'s Innovation Score?

SDS Biotech K.K. has an Innovation Score of 33.7 out of 100 (45th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SDS Biotech K.K.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SDS Biotech K.K.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 SDS Biotech K.K.'s patents?

SDS Biotech K.K.'s patents average 10.9 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 SDS Biotech K.K. 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

SDS Biotech K.K.

Q: What technology areas does SDS Biotech K.K. focus on?

SDS Biotech K.K.'s top technology area is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators) with 10 patents, ranking #133 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SDS ranks #19,124 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 12 technology areas.

#19,124
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 45th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.7/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19124 · Foreign Corporation #19,124 · 15 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,124/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sawai Pharmaceutical
CPC-FOCUS A01N · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (±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 SDS’s 33.7 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 5.3 pts (16%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SDS Biotech K K · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SDS's Innovation Score is 33.7/100 (45th percentile 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 SDS?

Each dot is one of SDS’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). SDS’s own 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where SDS's grants concentrate

SDS Biotech K.K. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, SDS sits between Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Roye Electric Co., Ltd..

SDS's three-year grant acceleration

SDS Biotech K.K. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Sawai Pharmaceuti…

15
Scanadu Incorpora…

15
Screening Room Me…

15
SDL Netherlands B…

15
Secuve

15
Selman AND Associ…

15
Servore

15
Shanghai Roye Ele…

15
SDS Biotech K K ◀

15

What this shows SDS holds 15 patents at rank #19,109, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SDS

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,109 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

SDS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 45th percentile higher than 45% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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SDS Biotech K.K. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	13.3%
2017	1	6.7%
2018	3	20.0%
2019	3	20.0%
2020	2	13.3%
2022	2	13.3%
2023	2	13.3%

Which technologies does SDS Biotech K.K. patent most?

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 10

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 6

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 3

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 2

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

C12Y - Enzymes 1

C07K - Peptides 1

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 12 of 12 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

SDS Biotech K.K.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SDS Biotech K.K.'s lead technology class is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #19,124 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SDS Biotech K.K. against Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.7/100 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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