Where does AFC Business Ventures, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), AFC Business Ventures, LLC ranks #25,671 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 AFC Business Ventures, LLC hold?

AFC Business Ventures, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is AFC Business Ventures, LLC's Innovation Score?

AFC Business Ventures, LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.7 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does AFC Business Ventures, LLC focus on?

AFC Business Ventures, LLC's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 9 patents, ranking #112 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is AFC Business Ventures, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

AFC Business Ventures, LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 AFC Business Ventures, LLC's patents?

AFC Business Ventures, LLC's patents average 19.0 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 AFC Business Ventures, LLC 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 US Corporation

AFC Business Ventures, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, AFC ranks #25,671 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 2 technology areas.

#25,671
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.7/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25671 · US Corporation #25,671 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,671/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Advanced F M E…
CPC-NARROW A47J · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Advanced F.M.E. Products, 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 AFC’s 24.7 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 8.3 pts (34%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (20%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (46%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Power Survey · near

25
AFC Business Ventures · this assignee

25
Beijing Nufront… · near

25
Ergonomic Solutions… · near

25
Sonoma Pharmaceuticals · near

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows AFC's Innovation Score is 24.7/100 (15th 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 AFC?

Each dot is one of AFC’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). AFC’s own 19.0 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.

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

Where AFC's grants concentrate

AFC Business Ventures, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, AFC sits between Advanced F.M.E. Products, Inc. and AIR International (US) Inc..

Advanced F M E Pr…

10
Advanced Intellig…

10
Aerea S P A

10
Aerogroup Interna…

10
AGA Medical

10
Agco do Brasil So…

10
AGI Industries

10
AIR International…

10
AFC Business Vent… ◀

10

What this shows AFC holds 10 patents at rank #25,653, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near AFC

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,653 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for AFC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), AFC ranks #112 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

Beijing Nufront Mobile Multimedia Technology Co. Ltd. 25 Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 25 Ergonomic Solutions International Limited 25 Power Survey LLC 25

AFC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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AFC Business Ventures, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	4	40.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%

Which technologies does AFC Business Ventures, LLC patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 9

F24B - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges FOR Solid Fuels ; Implements FOR USE IN Connection With Stoves OR Ranges 2

Top 2 of 2 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

AFC Business Ventures, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

AFC Business Ventures, LLC's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #25,671 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare AFC Business Ventures, LLC against Advanced F.M.E. Products, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.