Where does Suntory Holdings Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Suntory Holdings Limited ranks #2,019 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 Suntory Holdings Limited hold?

Suntory Holdings Limited holds 198 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 77 technology areas.

What is Suntory Holdings Limited's Innovation Score?

Suntory Holdings Limited has an Innovation Score of 54.3 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Suntory Holdings Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Suntory Holdings Limited's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Suntory Holdings Limited's patents?

Suntory Holdings Limited's patents average 9.0 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 Suntory Holdings Limited 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

Suntory Holdings Limited

Q: What technology areas does Suntory Holdings Limited focus on?

Suntory Holdings Limited's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 91 patents, ranking #7 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 77 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 198 granted patents across 77 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: 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, Suntory ranks #2,019 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 198 patents across 77 technology areas.

#2,019
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.3/100): 9.0
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2019 · Foreign Corporation #2,019 · 198 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 198 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,019/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Lagree
CPC-WIDE A23L · 77 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Lagree Technologies, Inc. (±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 Suntory’s 54.3 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 18.3 pts (34%) Velocity 5.6 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 5.4 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adtran · near

54
ETO Magnetic · near

54
Canon Production… · near

54
Suntory Holdings · this assignee

54
Valmont Industries · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Suntory's Innovation Score is 54.3/100 (top 8% 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 Suntory?

Each dot is one of Suntory’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). Suntory’s own 9.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Suntory's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Suntory Holdings Limited received 79 grants versus 101 in 2015–2019 (-22% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2018 at 26 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 8. Lead class A23L accounts for 46% of the portfolio across 77 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Lagree Technologies, Inc. (#2,014) and Intersil Americas LLC (#2,022).

Suntory's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Suntory Holdings Limited moved from 51 to 43 grants (0.84x 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 #1,680. See the growth leaderboard.

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Abiomed

197
Intersil Americas

197

What this shows Suntory holds 198 patents at rank #2,018, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Suntory

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,018 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Suntory, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Suntory ranks #7 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. 54 Valmont Industries, Inc. 54 Adtran, Inc. 54 ETO Magnetic GMBH 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.0 here).

Sanken Electric Co., Ltd. 9.0 avg GN Netcom A/S 9.0 avg Bang & Olufsen A/S 9.0 avg Mirise Technologies Corporation 9.0 avg

Suntory's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Suntory Holdings Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	11.6%
2016	18	9.1%
2017	19	9.6%
2018	26	13.1%
2019	15	7.6%
2020	20	10.1%
2021	16	8.1%
2022	26	13.1%
2023	8	4.0%
2024	9	4.5%
2025partial year	18	9.1%

Which technologies does Suntory Holdings Limited patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 91

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 51

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 47

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 46

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 38

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 34

C12Y - Enzymes 26

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 24

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 19

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 17

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 14

C07K - Peptides 12

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 12

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 12

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 11

Top 15 of 77 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

Suntory Holdings Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Suntory Holdings Limited's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 46% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #2,019 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Suntory Holdings Limited against Lagree Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.3/100 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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