Where does Barry Callebaut AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Barry Callebaut AG ranks #30,967 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 Barry Callebaut AG hold?

Barry Callebaut AG holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Barry Callebaut AG's Innovation Score?

Barry Callebaut AG has an Innovation Score of 29.8 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Barry Callebaut AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Barry Callebaut AG's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Barry Callebaut AG's patents?

Barry Callebaut AG's patents average 8.3 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 Barry Callebaut AG 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

Barry Callebaut AG

Q: What technology areas does Barry Callebaut AG focus on?

Barry Callebaut AG's top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 6 patents, ranking #45 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Barry ranks #30,967 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#30,967
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100): 8.3
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30967 · Foreign Corporation #30,967 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,967/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Banner Health
CPC-NARROW A23G · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Banner Health (±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 Barry’s 29.8 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 7.6 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (22%) Breadth 10.6 pts (35%) Claim depth 5.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Barry Callebaut · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Barry's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd 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 Barry?

Each dot is one of Barry’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). Barry’s own 8.3 claims/patent is at or below the 16.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Barry's grants concentrate

Barry Callebaut AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Barry sits between Banner Health and BeSang, Inc..

Barry's three-year grant acceleration

Barry Callebaut AG shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Banner Health

8
Bantam Pharmaceut…

8
Bardy

8
Baron Services

8
Basilea Pharmaceu…

8
Bayer AS

8
Berex

8
Besang

8
Barry Callebaut ◀

8

What this shows Barry holds 8 patents at rank #31,034, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Barry

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,034 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Barry's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Barry Callebaut AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2017	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2024	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Barry Callebaut AG patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 6

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 3

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

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 1

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

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

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Barry Callebaut AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Barry Callebaut AG's lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #30,967 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Barry Callebaut AG against Banner Health, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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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