Where does E. &J. Gallo Winery rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), E. &J. Gallo Winery ranks #8,014 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 E. &J. Gallo Winery hold?

E. &J. Gallo Winery holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is E. &J. Gallo Winery's Innovation Score?

E. &J. Gallo Winery has an Innovation Score of 56.2 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is E. &J. Gallo Winery's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

E. &J. Gallo Winery's recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for E. &J. Gallo Winery's patents?

E. &J. Gallo Winery's patents average 10.1 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 E. &J. Gallo Winery 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

E. &J. Gallo Winery

Q: What technology areas does E. &J. Gallo Winery focus on?

E. &J. Gallo Winery's top technology area is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture) with 7 patents, ranking #263 of 1,268 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, E. ranks #8,014 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 24 technology areas.

#8,014
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.2/100): 10.1
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8014 · US Corporation #8,014 · 40 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,014/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Defond Electech
CPC-FOCUS C12P · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Defond Electech 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 E.’s 56.2 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 12.8 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (36%) Breadth 17.3 pts (31%) Claim depth 6.0 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Brilliant Home… · near

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E &J Gallo Winery · this assignee

56
Photothermal… · near

56
Valeo Systemes… · near

56
YKK · near

56
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows E.'s Innovation Score is 56.2/100 (top 6% 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 E.?

Each dot is one of E.’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). E.’s own 10.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where E.'s grants concentrate

E. &J. Gallo Winery is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 17.5% of grants classified under C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, E. sits between DSG Technology Holdings Ltd and ERP Power, LLC.

E.'s three-year grant acceleration

E. &J. Gallo Winery shows 24 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.

DSG Technology Ho…

40
Defond Electech

40
Dialogic

40
Dongguan Shichang…

40
Echostar Internat…

40
Elucid Bioimaging

40
Endoevolution

40
ERP Power

40
E &J Gallo Winery ◀

40

What this shows E. holds 40 patents at rank #8,014, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near E

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,014 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for E, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A De…), E ranks #263 of 1,268 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (56 here).

Brilliant Home Technology, Inc. 56 Photothermal Spectroscopy Corp. 56 Valeo Systemes d'Essuyage 56 YKK Corporation 56

E.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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E. &J. Gallo Winery patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.5%
2016	2	5.0%
2017	6	15.0%
2018	1	2.5%
2019	2	5.0%
2020	3	7.5%
2021	1	2.5%
2022	6	15.0%
2023	8	20.0%
2024	10	25.0%

Which technologies does E. &J. Gallo Winery patent most?

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 7

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 6

C09B - Organic Dyes OR Closely-related Compounds FOR Producing Dyes ; , e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; Lakes 6

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 6

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 6

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

B01D - Separation 6

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 4

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 4

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 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 2

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 2

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

Top 15 of 24 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

E. &J. Gallo Winery's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

E. &J. Gallo Winery's lead technology class is C12P (Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture), 17.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12P
Ranked #8,014 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare E. &J. Gallo Winery against DSG Technology Holdings Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.2/100 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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