Where does Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC ranks #31,678 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 Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC hold?

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's Innovation Score?

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC has an Innovation Score of 19.6 out of 100 (6th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's patents?

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's patents average 5.5 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 Food & Beverage Innovations, 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

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC focus on?

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 2 patents, ranking #108 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Food ranks #31,678 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#31,678
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 6th percentile
by Innovation Score (19.6/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31678 · US Corporation #31,678 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,678/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fondazione Telethon…
CPC-NARROW A23G · 6 areas
INNOV-LOW 19.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fondazione Telethon ETS (±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 Food’s 19.6 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 7.6 pts (39%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (44%) Claim depth 3.3 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Food & Beverage… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Food's Innovation Score is 19.6/100 (6th 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 Food?

Each dot is one of Food’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). Food’s own 5.5 claims/patent is at or below the 17.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Food's grants concentrate

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 25% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Food sits between Fondazione Telethon ETS and Formosa Laboratories, Inc..

Fondazione Teleth…

8
Fontaine Engineer…

8
Fontaine Modifica…

8
Fonterra -operati…

8
Food Cycle Science

8
Forelux

8
Foresite Healthca…

8
Formosa Laborator…

8
Food & Beverage I… ◀

8

What this shows Food holds 8 patents at rank #31,691, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Food

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,691 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Food's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

20 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

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

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Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	4	50.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC patent most?

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

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

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23K - Fodder 2

C12G - WINE; Preparation THEREOF; Alcoholic Beverages ; Preparation OF Alcoholic Beverages NOT Provided FOR IN Subclasses C12c OR C12h 1

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC's lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 25% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #31,678 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Food & Beverage Innovations, LLC against Fondazione Telethon ETS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 19.6/100 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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