Where does Food Industry Research and Development Institute rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Food Industry Research and Development Institute ranks #13,986 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 Industry Research and Development Institute hold?

Food Industry Research and Development Institute holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Food Industry Research and Development Institute's Innovation Score?

Food Industry Research and Development Institute has an Innovation Score of 39.3 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Food Industry Research and Development Institute focus on?

Food Industry Research and Development Institute's top technology area is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes) with 10 patents, ranking #2,196 of 7,163 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Is Food Industry Research and Development Institute's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Food Industry Research and Development Institute's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Industry Research and Development Institute's patents?

Food Industry Research and Development Institute's patents average 11.1 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Food Industry Research and Development Institute

Q: How is the Food Industry Research and Development Institute 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 PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 22 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: A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Food ranks #13,986 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 22 technology areas.

#13,986
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.3/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13986 · Foreign Corporation #13,986 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #13,986/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Flashsilicon…
CPC-FOCUS A61K · 22 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Flashsilicon Incorporation (±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 39.3 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 10.7 pts (27%) Velocity 5.3 pts (13%) Breadth 16.6 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (17%)

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What this shows Food's Innovation Score is 39.3/100 (top 39% 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 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 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 Industry Research and Development Institute is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 47.6% of grants classified under A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Food sits between Flashsilicon Incorporation and Freudenberg Medical, LLC.

Food's three-year grant acceleration

Food Industry Research and Development Institute shows 4 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.

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What this shows Food holds 21 patents at rank #13,988, 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 #13,988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61K (Preparations FOR Medical)

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)

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Food Industry Research and Development Institute patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	4.8%
2016	3	14.3%
2017	3	14.3%
2018	5	23.8%
2019	3	14.3%
2020	1	4.8%
2021	1	4.8%
2022	1	4.8%
2023	1	4.8%
2024	2	9.5%

Which technologies does Food Industry Research and Development Institute patent most?

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 10

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 10

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 9

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 7

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 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 2

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 2

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

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 1

Top 15 of 22 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 Industry Research and Development Institute's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Food Industry Research and Development Institute's lead technology class is A61K (Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes), 47.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61K
Ranked #13,986 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Food Industry Research and Development Institute against Flashsilicon Incorporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.3/100 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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