Where does Asda Stores Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Asda Stores Limited ranks #34,333 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 Asda Stores Limited hold?

Asda Stores Limited holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2021, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Asda Stores Limited's Innovation Score?

Asda Stores Limited has an Innovation Score of 30.9 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Asda Stores Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Asda Stores Limited's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Asda Stores Limited's patents?

Asda Stores Limited's patents average 17.4 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 Asda Stores 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

Asda Stores Limited

Q: What technology areas does Asda Stores Limited focus on?

Asda Stores Limited's top technology area is 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) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2021. 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: G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Asda ranks #34,333 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 14 technology areas.

#34,333
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (30.9/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34333 · Foreign Corporation #34,333 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,333/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Array Photonics
CPC-FOCUS G06Q · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 30.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Array Photonics, 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
Asda Stores · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Asda's Innovation Score is 30.9/100 (36th 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 Asda's grants concentrate

Asda Stores Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Asda sits between Array Photonics, Inc. and ASOCIACIÓN Centro DE INVESTIGACIÓN Cooperativa EN Biociencias-cic Biogune.

Array Photonics

7
Artificial Cell

7
ASC Profiles

7
ASD

7
Asia Pacific Micr…

7
ASM

7
Asmpt SMT Singapo…

7
AsociaciÓN Centro…

7
Asda Stores ◀

7

What this shows Asda holds 7 patents at rank #34,202, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Asda

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,202 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially…)

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

Asda's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Asda Stores Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	2	28.6%
2020	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Asda Stores Limited patent most?

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 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G07G - Registering THE Receipt OF Cash, Valuables, OR Tokens 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#34,333

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

30.9 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

Asda Stores Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Asda Stores Limited's lead technology class is G06Q (Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative,), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06Q
Ranked #34,333 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Asda Stores Limited against Array Photonics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 30.9/100 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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