Where does Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. ranks #26,135 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 Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. hold?

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.6 out of 100 (42nd 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 Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. focus on?

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing) with 6 patents, ranking #85 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'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 Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s patents?

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s patents average 21.0 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 Dole Fresh Vegetables, 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

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dole ranks #26,135 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 11 technology areas.

#26,135
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.6/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26135 · US Corporation #26,135 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,135/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digiwin
CPC-FOCUS A01D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digiwin 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 Dole’s 32.6 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (39%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dole Fresh Vegetables · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dole's Innovation Score is 32.6/100 (42nd 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 Dole?

Each dot is one of Dole’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). Dole’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 5.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dole's grants concentrate

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Dole sits between Digiwin Co., Ltd. and Doosan Industrial Vehicle Co., Ltd..

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10
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DNA2 0

10
Dogtra

10
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10
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10
Dongguan Xuntao

10
Doosan Industrial…

10
Dole Fresh Vegeta… ◀

10

What this shows Dole holds 10 patents at rank #26,109, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dole

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,109 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

Dole's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2017	2	20.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 6

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 4

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

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

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

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

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 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 11 of 11 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

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01D
Ranked #26,135 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. against Digiwin Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.6/100 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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