Where does SEB S.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SEB S.A. ranks #1,615 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 SEB S.A. hold?

SEB S.A. holds 256 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 85 technology areas.

What is SEB S.A.'s Innovation Score?

SEB S.A. has an Innovation Score of 56.7 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does SEB S.A. focus on?

SEB S.A.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 139 patents, ranking #7 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 85 CPC subclasses total.

Is SEB S.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SEB S.A.'s recent grant velocity is -1% 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 SEB S.A.'s patents?

SEB S.A.'s patents average 15.2 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 SEB S.A. 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

SEB S.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 256 granted patents across 85 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, SEB ranks #1,615 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 256 patents across 85 technology areas.

#1,615
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.7/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -1%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1615 · Foreign Corporation #1,615 · 256 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 256 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,615/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bull SAS
CPC-WIDE A47J · 85 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -1% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bull SAS (±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 SEB’s 56.7 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 19.2 pts (34%) Velocity 3.4 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Intercontinental… · near

57
1ahead · near

57
SEB · this assignee

57
Rehrig Pacific · near

57
Simon Fraser… · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SEB's Innovation Score is 56.7/100 (top 6% 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 SEB?

Each dot is one of SEB’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). SEB’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How SEB's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, SEB S.A. received 117 grants versus 118 in 2015–2019 (-1% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 37 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 13. Lead class A47J accounts for 54.3% of the portfolio across 85 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Bull SAS (#1,611) and Memjet Technology Limited (#1,619).

SEB's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, SEB S.A. moved from 102 to 52 grants (0.51x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,669. See the growth leaderboard.

Bull SAS

256
Johnson Electric

256
Kitty Hawk

256
Nexans

256
Stmicroelectronic…

256
SEB ◀

256
Biomerieux

255
Givaudan

255
Memjet Technology

255

What this shows SEB holds 256 patents at rank #1,615, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SEB

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,615 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for SEB, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), SEB ranks #7 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

1ahead Technologies 57 Intercontinental Great Brands LLC 57 Rehrig Pacific Company 57 Simon Fraser University 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Ignis Innovation Inc. 15.2 avg Hisense Visual Technology Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg Nasdaq Technology AB 15.2 avg SkyBell Technologies, Inc. 15.2 avg

SEB's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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SEB S.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	14	5.5%
2016	20	7.8%
2017	22	8.6%
2018	25	9.8%
2019	37	14.5%
2020	32	12.5%
2021	33	12.9%
2022	23	9.0%
2023	13	5.1%
2024	16	6.3%
2025partial year	21	8.2%

Which technologies does SEB S.A. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 139

A45D - Hairdressing OR Shaving Equipment ; Equipment FOR Cosmetics OR Cosmetic Treatments, e.g. FOR Manicuring OR Pedicuring 47

D06F - Laundering, Drying, Ironing, Pressing OR Folding Textile Articles 23

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 22

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 19

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 13

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 12

A61H - Physical Therapy Apparatus, e.g. Devices FOR Locating OR Stimulating Reflex Points IN THE BODY; Artificial RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; Bathing Devices FOR Special Therapeutic OR Hygienic Purposes OR Specific Parts OF THE Body 9

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 9

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

B01D - Separation 7

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 6

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 6

Top 15 of 85 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

SEB S.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SEB S.A.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 54.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #1,615 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SEB S.A. against Bull SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.7/100 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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