Where does Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT ranks #33,458 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

What is Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's Innovation Score?

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's patents?

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's patents average 18.3 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT

Q: How many patents does Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT hold?

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 12 technology areas.

Q: What technology areas does Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT focus on?

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 4 patents, ranking #424 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT 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 PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sudzucker ranks #33,458 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 12 technology areas.

#33,458
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33458 · Foreign Corporation #33,458 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,458/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stride Tool
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stride Tool, LLC (±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 Sudzucker’s 34.1 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 7.6 pts (22%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 12.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sudzucker Aktiengese… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sudzucker's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th 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 Sudzucker?

Each dot is one of Sudzucker’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). Sudzucker’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Sudzucker's grants concentrate

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Sudzucker sits between Stride Tool, LLC and SUN Pharmaceutical Industries (AUSTRALIA) PTY Ltd.

Sudzucker's three-year grant acceleration

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Stride Tool

8
STS Semiconductor…

8
Subchondral Solut…

8
Subtle Medical

8
Suez Environment

8
Sumitomo Light Me…

8
SUN Industries

8
SUN Pharmaceutica…

8
Sudzucker Aktieng… ◀

8

What this shows Sudzucker holds 8 patents at rank #33,279, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sudzucker

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,279 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Sudzucker's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2017	3	37.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2020	2	25.0%
2022	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 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

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 2

C13B - Production OF SUCROSE; Apparatus Specially Adapted Therefor 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 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

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #33,458 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sudzucker Aktiengesellschaft MANNHEIM/OCHSENFURT against Stride Tool, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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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