Where does Big Heart Pet Brands rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Big Heart Pet Brands ranks #39,101 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 Big Heart Pet Brands hold?

Big Heart Pet Brands holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Big Heart Pet Brands's Innovation Score?

Big Heart Pet Brands has an Innovation Score of 21.0 out of 100 (8th 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 Big Heart Pet Brands focus on?

Big Heart Pet Brands's top technology area is A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass) with 2 patents, ranking #118 of 308 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Big Heart Pet Brands's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Big Heart Pet Brands'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 Big Heart Pet Brands's patents?

Big Heart Pet Brands's patents average 10.7 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 Big Heart Pet Brands 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

Big Heart Pet Brands

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Big ranks #39,101 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 5 technology areas.

#39,101
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 8th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.0/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39101 · US Corporation #39,101 · 6 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,101/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Beyond Aerospace
CPC-NARROW A23P · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Beyond Aerospace Ltd. (±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 Big’s 21.0 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 6.7 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 7.9 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Big Heart Pet Brands · this assignee

21
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Big's Innovation Score is 21.0/100 (8th 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 Big?

Each dot is one of Big’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). Big’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Big's grants concentrate

Big Heart Pet Brands is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Big sits between Beyond Aerospace Ltd. and Bing Innovations, L.L.C..

Beyond Aerospace

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Bifrost Communica…

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Big Sky Financial

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Bill Thomas Assoc…

6
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6
Bing Innovations…

6
Big Heart Pet Bra… ◀

6

What this shows Big holds 6 patents at rank #39,193, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Big

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,193 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs)

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

Big's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

21 8th percentile higher than 8% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Big Heart Pet Brands patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	66.7%
2016	2	33.3%

Which technologies does Big Heart Pet Brands patent most?

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 2

A23K - Fodder 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23N - Machines OR Apparatus FOR Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables OR Flower Bulbs IN Bulk, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Peeling Vegetables OR Fruit IN BULK; Apparatus FOR Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs 1

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Big Heart Pet Brands's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Big Heart Pet Brands's lead technology class is A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23P
Ranked #39,101 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Big Heart Pet Brands against Beyond Aerospace Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.0/100 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.