Where does Ardent Mills, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ardent Mills, LLC ranks #25,769 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 Ardent Mills, LLC hold?

Ardent Mills, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 17 technology areas.

What is Ardent Mills, LLC's Innovation Score?

Ardent Mills, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.1 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ardent Mills, LLC focus on?

Ardent Mills, LLC's top technology area is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain) with 4 patents, ranking #87 of 384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 17 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ardent Mills, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ardent Mills, LLC's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ardent Mills, LLC's patents?

Ardent Mills, LLC's patents average 18.7 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 Ardent Mills, 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

Ardent Mills, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 17 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ardent ranks #25,769 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 17 technology areas.

#25,769
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.1/100): 18.7
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25769 · US Corporation #25,769 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #25,769/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Appthority
CPC-FOCUS B02C · 17 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Appthority, 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 Ardent’s 38.1 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 (22%) Velocity 4.0 pts (10%) Breadth 14.6 pts (38%) Claim depth 11.2 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ardent Mills · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ardent's Innovation Score is 38.1/100 (top 42% 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 Ardent?

Each dot is one of Ardent’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). Ardent’s own 18.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ardent's grants concentrate

Ardent Mills, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 17 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Ardent sits between Appthority, Inc. and Aristotech Industries GmbH.

Ardent's three-year grant acceleration

Ardent Mills, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Appthority

10
Aqua Tru

10
Aquazzura Italia…

10
Arccos Golf

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Arebesk

10
Arimo

10
Ariscale

10
Aristotech Indust…

10
Ardent Mills ◀

10

What this shows Ardent holds 10 patents at rank #25,800, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ardent

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,800 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B02C (Crushing)

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

Ardent's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

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

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Ardent Mills, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2022	1	10.0%
2023	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Ardent Mills, LLC patent most?

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 4

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 3

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 3

C08H - Derivatives OF Natural Macromolecular Compounds 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B02B - Preparing Grain FOR MILLING; Refining Granular Fruit TO Commercial Products BY Working THE Surface 1

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Top 15 of 17 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

Ardent Mills, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ardent Mills, LLC's lead technology class is B02C (Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B02C
Ranked #25,769 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ardent Mills, LLC against Appthority, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.1/100 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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