Where does Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. ranks #38,825 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 Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. hold?

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.4 out of 100 (20th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'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 Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s patents?

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s patents average 17.2 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 Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. 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

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. focus on?

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Applied ranks #38,825 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#38,825
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 20th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.4/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R38825 · US Corporation #38,825 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #38,825/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH App-pop-up
CPC-NARROW G01N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: App-pop-up 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Applied Food… · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Applied's Innovation Score is 26.4/100 (20th 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 Applied's grants concentrate

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Applied sits between App-pop-up Inc. and APT Advanced Polymer Technology Corp..

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What this shows Applied holds 6 patents at rank #38,662, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Applied

By rank, the assignees closest to #38,662 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Applied's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 20th percentile higher than 20% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	16.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	2	33.3%
2019	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 6

C07K - Peptides 6

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23K - Fodder 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#38,825

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

26.4 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

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #38,825 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Applied Food Biotechnology, Inc. against App-pop-up Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.4/100 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.