Where does BIG Heart PET, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), BIG Heart PET, Inc. ranks #9,198 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, Inc. hold?

BIG Heart PET, Inc. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

BIG Heart PET, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% 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, Inc. focus on?

BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s top technology area is A23K (Fodder) with 7 patents, ranking #56 of 396 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s patents?

BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s patents average 7.9 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, Inc. 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, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A23K (Fodder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, BIG ranks #9,198 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 15 technology areas.

#9,198
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 7.9
avg claims per patent: +62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9198 · US Corporation #9,198 · 34 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,198/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Alto-Shaam
CPC-FOCUS A23K · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Alto-Shaam, 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 BIG’s 35.3 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 12.3 pts (35%) Velocity 4.6 pts (13%) Breadth 13.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
BIG Heart PET · this assignee

35
Sentek Pty · near

35
THE Nippon Synthetic… · near

35
Thermal · near

35
Institut Jean Paoli… · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows BIG's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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 7.9 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 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, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 20.6% of grants classified under A23K (Fodder). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, BIG sits between Alto-Shaam, Inc. and Batesville Services, Inc..

BIG's three-year grant acceleration

BIG Heart PET, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Alto-shaam

34
Apollo Endosurger…

34
Ariens

34
Asana Biosciences

34
Biomadison

34
Bizlink Internati…

34
Boral IP Holdings…

34
Batesville Servic…

34
BIG Heart PET ◀

34

What this shows BIG holds 34 patents at rank #9,195, 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 #9,195 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23K (Fodder)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for BIG, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23K (Fodder), BIG ranks #56 of 396 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

THE Nippon Synthetic Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. 35 Thermal Corp. 35 Sentek Pty Ltd. 35 Institut Jean Paoli & Irene Calmettes 35

BIG's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

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

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BIG Heart PET, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	5.9%
2018	5	14.7%
2019	6	17.6%
2020	5	14.7%
2021	5	14.7%
2022	6	17.6%
2023	3	8.8%
2024	2	5.9%

Which technologies does BIG Heart PET, Inc. patent most?

A23K - Fodder 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 3

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 2

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 2

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 1

F01M - Lubricating OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Lubricating Internal Combustion ENGINES; Crankcase Ventilating 1

B01D - Separation 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

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

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

BIG Heart PET, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23K (Fodder), 20.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23K
Ranked #9,198 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare BIG Heart PET, Inc. against Alto-Shaam, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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.