Where does Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. ranks #10,880 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 Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. hold?

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. focus on?

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s top technology area is A23K (Fodder) with 5 patents, ranking #86 of 396 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s patents?

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s patents average 4.3 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 Blue Buffalo Enterpises, 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

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Blue ranks #10,880 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 12 technology areas.

#10,880
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 4.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10880 · US Corporation #10,880 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,880/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BioFire Diagnostics
CPC-FOCUS A23K · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BioFire Diagnostics, 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 Blue’s 46.4 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 11.6 pts (25%) Velocity 20.0 pts (43%) Breadth 12.2 pts (26%) Claim depth 2.6 pts (6%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Blue Buffalo… · this assignee

46
Cerebras Systems · near

46
Leupold & Stevens · near

46
Norsk Hydro ASA · near

46
THE Secant Group · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Blue's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Blue?

Each dot is one of Blue’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). Blue’s own 4.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Blue's grants concentrate

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 17.9% of grants classified under A23K (Fodder). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Blue sits between BioFire Diagnostics, LLC and Canon Nanotechnologies, Inc..

Blue's three-year grant acceleration

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Biofire Diagnosti…

28
Bioness

28
Bitvore

28
Blakely Ventures

28
Bracco Diagnostics

28
Brose Schliessyst…

28
Canon Electron Tu…

28
Canon Nanotechnol…

28
Blue Buffalo Ente… ◀

28

What this shows Blue holds 28 patents at rank #10,880, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Blue

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,880 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23K (Fodder)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Blue, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23K (Fodder), Blue ranks #86 of 396 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

THE Secant Group, LLC 46 Norsk Hydro ASA 46 Cerebras Systems Inc. 46 Leupold & Stevens, Inc. 46

Blue's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	3.6%
2021	5	17.9%
2022	3	10.7%
2023	8	28.6%
2024	7	25.0%
2025partial year	4	14.3%

Which technologies does Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. patent most?

A23K - Fodder 5

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 4

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

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 2

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

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

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 2

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 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

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 1

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 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23K (Fodder), 17.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23K
Ranked #10,880 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Blue Buffalo Enterpises, Inc. against BioFire Diagnostics, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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.