Where does Chiquita Brands LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Chiquita Brands LLC ranks #45,651 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 Chiquita Brands LLC hold?

Chiquita Brands LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Chiquita Brands LLC's Innovation Score?

Chiquita Brands LLC has an Innovation Score of 25.2 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Chiquita Brands LLC's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Chiquita Brands LLC's patents?

Chiquita Brands LLC's patents average 10.4 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 Chiquita 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

Chiquita Brands LLC

Q: What technology areas does Chiquita Brands LLC focus on?

Chiquita Brands LLC's top technology area is A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables) with 2 patents, ranking #166 of 403 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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: A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Chiquita ranks #45,651 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 3 technology areas.

#45,651
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.2/100): 10.4
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R45651 · US Corporation #45,651 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #45,651/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH China North…
CPC-NARROW A23B · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: China North Magnetic & Electronic Technology Co., 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 Chiquita’s 25.2 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 (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (27%) Breadth 6.1 pts (24%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chiquita Brands · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Chiquita's Innovation Score is 25.2/100 (17th 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 Chiquita?

Each dot is one of Chiquita’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). Chiquita’s own 10.4 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Chiquita's grants concentrate

Chiquita Brands LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Chiquita sits between China North Magnetic & Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. and Chosen Realities, LLC.

Chiquita's three-year grant acceleration

Chiquita Brands LLC shows 1 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.

China North Magne…

5
China Nuclear Pow…

5
Chinese Academy o…

5
Ching Shenger

5
Chiral Software

5
Chiscan Holdings…

5
Chongqing Aureavi…

5
Chosen Realities

5
Chiquita Brands ◀

5

What this shows Chiquita holds 5 patents at rank #45,833, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Chiquita

By rank, the assignees closest to #45,833 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23B (Preservation OF Foods)

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

Chiquita's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Chiquita Brands LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2016	2	40.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Chiquita Brands LLC patent most?

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 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 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

Top 3 of 3 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

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

Chiquita Brands LLC's lead technology class is A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23B
Ranked #45,651 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Chiquita Brands LLC against China North Magnetic & Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.2/100 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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