Where does Bifido Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Bifido Co., Ltd. ranks #45,163 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 Bifido Co., Ltd. hold?

Bifido Co., Ltd. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2023, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Bifido Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Bifido Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 21.9 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Bifido Co., Ltd. focus on?

Bifido Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #336 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Bifido Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Bifido Co., Ltd..

What does claim depth mean for Bifido Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Bifido Co., Ltd.'s patents average 3.2 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 Bifido Co., Ltd. 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

Bifido Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Bifido ranks #45,163 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 7 technology areas.

#45,163
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.9/100): 3.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45163 · Foreign Corporation #45,163 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,163/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BI2
CPC-NARROW A23L · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BI2 Technologies, LLC (±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 Bifido’s 21.9 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 6.2 pts (28%) Velocity 4.4 pts (20%) Breadth 9.4 pts (43%) Claim depth 1.9 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Bifido · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Bifido's Innovation Score is 21.9/100 (9th 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 Bifido?

Each dot is one of Bifido’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). Bifido’s own 3.2 claims/patent is at or below the 5.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Bifido's grants concentrate

Bifido Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Bifido sits between BI2 Technologies, LLC and Bill Archer, LLC.

Bifido's three-year grant acceleration

Bifido Co., Ltd. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

BI2

5
BIB Creative

5
Bicycle Therapeut…

5
BID Group

5
BIG KAT Buggy

5
Biglever Software

5
Bilab

5
Bill Archer

5
Bifido ◀

5

What this shows Bifido holds 5 patents at rank #45,110, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Bifido

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,110 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Bifido's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2023

Grants by year

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

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Bifido Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	20.0%
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Bifido Co., Ltd. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 5

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 4

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 2

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Bifido Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Bifido Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #45,163 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Bifido Co., Ltd. against BI2 Technologies, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.9/100 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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