Where does CFS Brands, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), CFS Brands, LLC ranks #45,579 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 CFS Brands, LLC hold?

CFS Brands, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is CFS Brands, LLC's Innovation Score?

CFS Brands, LLC has an Innovation Score of 38.4 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does CFS Brands, LLC focus on?

CFS Brands, LLC's top technology area is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General) with 1 patents, ranking #335 of 516 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is CFS Brands, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

CFS Brands, LLC's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for CFS Brands, LLC's patents?

CFS Brands, LLC's patents average 8.6 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 CFS Brands, LLC 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

CFS Brands, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, CFS ranks #45,579 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 4 technology areas.

#45,579
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.4/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45579 · US Corporation #45,579 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,579/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cerno Bioscience
CPC-NARROW A47L · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cerno Bioscience 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 CFS’s 38.4 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 6.2 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (52%) Breadth 7.1 pts (18%) Claim depth 5.2 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CFS Brands · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows CFS's Innovation Score is 38.4/100 (top 41% 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 CFS?

Each dot is one of CFS’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). CFS’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 17.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where CFS's grants concentrate

CFS Brands, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 20% of grants classified under A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, CFS sits between Cerno Bioscience LLC and CGeneTech (Suzhou, China) Co., Ltd..

CFS's three-year grant acceleration

CFS Brands, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Cerno Bioscience

5
Cesca Therapeutics

5
Cesium AB

5
Ceva Animal Health

5
CFT S P A

5
CG Oncology

5
Cgtech

5
Cgenetech (Suzhou…

5
CFS Brands ◀

5

What this shows CFS holds 5 patents at rank #45,491, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near CFS

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,491 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning)

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

CFS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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CFS Brands, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does CFS Brands, LLC patent most?

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

A46B - Brushes 1

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 1

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 1

Top 4 of 4 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

CFS Brands, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

CFS Brands, LLC's lead technology class is A47L (Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General), 20% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47L
Ranked #45,579 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare CFS Brands, LLC against Cerno Bioscience LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.4/100 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

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