Where does American Snuff Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), American Snuff Company, LLC ranks #38,757 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 American Snuff Company, LLC hold?

American Snuff Company, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is American Snuff Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

American Snuff Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.8 out of 100 (top 30% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does American Snuff Company, LLC focus on?

American Snuff Company, LLC's top technology area is A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff) with 2 patents, ranking #44 of 93 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is American Snuff Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

American Snuff Company, LLC's recent grant velocity is +400% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for American Snuff Company, LLC's patents?

American Snuff Company, LLC's patents average 13.7 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 American Snuff Company, 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

American Snuff Company, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, American ranks #38,757 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#38,757
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 30%
by Innovation Score (42.8/100): 13.7
avg claims per patent: +400%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38757 · US Corporation #38,757 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,757/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH American Glasscrafters
CPC-NARROW A24B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +400% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: American Glasscrafters, 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 American’s 42.8 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 6.7 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (47%) Breadth 7.9 pts (18%) Claim depth 8.2 pts (19%)

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What this shows American's Innovation Score is 42.8/100 (top 30% 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 American?

Each dot is one of American’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). American’s own 13.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where American's grants concentrate

American Snuff Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, American sits between American Glasscrafters, Inc. and Amphenol FCI Connectors Singapore Pte. Ltd..

American's three-year grant acceleration

American Snuff Company, LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows American holds 6 patents at rank #38,885, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near American

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,885 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR Chewing)

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

American's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 30% higher than 70% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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American Snuff Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does American Snuff Company, LLC patent most?

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 2

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 2

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 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 1

Top 5 of 5 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

American Snuff Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

American Snuff Company, LLC's lead technology class is A24B (Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24B
Ranked #38,757 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare American Snuff Company, LLC against American Glasscrafters, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.8/100 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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