Where does Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG ranks #30,277 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 Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG hold?

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG'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 Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's patents?

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's patents average 13.2 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 Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG 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

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG focus on?

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's top technology area is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Sued-chemie ranks #30,277 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 19 technology areas.

#30,277
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30277 · Foreign Corporation #30,277 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,277/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Styron Europe
CPC-FOCUS B01J · 19 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Styron Europe GMBH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Sued-Chemie IP & KG · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Sued-chemie's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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.

Where Sued-chemie's grants concentrate

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Sued-chemie sits between Styron Europe GMBH and SundaySky Ltd..

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9

What this shows Sued-Chemie holds 9 patents at rank #30,263, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Sued-Chemie

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,263 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Sued-Chemie's primary technology class.

Sued-chemie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	44.4%
2016	3	33.3%
2017	2	22.2%

Which technologies does Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 4

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

B01D - Separation 2

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 2

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

C10L - Fuels NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Natural GAS; Synthetic Natural GAS Obtained BY Processes NOT Covered BY Subclasses C10g OR C10K; Liquified Petroleum GAS; USE OF Additives TO Fuels OR FIRES; Fire-lighters 1

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 1

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 1

Top 15 of 19 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#30,277

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

31.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is B01J (Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01J
Ranked #30,277 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Sued-Chemie IP GmbH & Co. KG against Styron Europe GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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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