Where does Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. ranks #28,605 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 Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. hold?

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.3 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s patents?

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s patents average 17.4 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 Dupont Nutrition USA, 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

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. focus on?

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #336 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Dupont ranks #28,605 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 14 technology areas.

#28,605
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.3/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28605 · US Corporation #28,605 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,605/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dots Technology
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dots Technology 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 Dupont’s 34.3 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 8.0 pts (23%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 13.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.5 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Dupont Nutrition USA · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Dupont's Innovation Score is 34.3/100 (47th 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 Dupont?

Each dot is one of Dupont’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). Dupont’s own 17.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Dupont's grants concentrate

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 55.6% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Dupont sits between Dots Technology Inc. and Dyfan, LLC.

Dupont's three-year grant acceleration

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Dots Technology

9
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9
Drymax

9
Dtcc Digital (US)

9
Dura Automotive S…

9
Duratap

9
Durst Phototechni…

9
Dyfan

9
Dupont Nutrition… ◀

9

What this shows Dupont holds 9 patents at rank #28,559, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Dupont

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,559 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Dupont's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 47th percentile higher than 47% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

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

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Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	22.2%
2019	1	11.1%
2020	3	33.3%
2021	1	11.1%
2022	1	11.1%
2023	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 5

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 5

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 4

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 3

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 2

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 2

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

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A23K - Fodder 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

D21C - Production OF Cellulose BY Removing Non-cellulose Substances From Cellulose-containing MATERIALS; Regeneration OF Pulping LIQUORS; Apparatus Therefor 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 55.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #28,605 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Dupont Nutrition USA, Inc. against Dots Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.3/100 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

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