Where does Food Safety Technology, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Food Safety Technology, LLC ranks #46,819 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 Safety Technology, LLC hold?

Food Safety Technology, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Food Safety Technology, LLC's Innovation Score?

Food Safety Technology, LLC has an Innovation Score of 31.2 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Food Safety Technology, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Food Safety Technology, 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 Safety Technology, LLC's patents?

Food Safety Technology, LLC's patents average 23.0 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 Food Safety Technology, 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 Safety Technology, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Food Safety Technology, LLC focus on?

Food Safety Technology, LLC's top technology area is A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables) with 4 patents, ranking #86 of 403 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 10 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: A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Food ranks #46,819 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 10 technology areas.

#46,819
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.2/100): 23.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46819 · US Corporation #46,819 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,819/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Focus Reading…
CPC-FOCUS A23B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Focus Reading 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 Food’s 31.2 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 6.2 pts (20%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 13.8 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Food Safety Technology · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Food's Innovation Score is 31.2/100 (37th 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 23.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Food's grants concentrate

Food Safety Technology, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Food sits between Focus Reading Technology Inc. and Footwear Unlimited Inc..

Focus Reading Tec…

5
Follicle

5
Fondazione Minopr…

5
Food Grade Soluti…

5
Foodcap Internati…

5
Foodmate US

5
Footmarks

5
Footwear Unlimited

5
Food Safety Techn… ◀

5

What this shows Food holds 5 patents at rank #46,897, 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 #46,897 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23B (Preservation OF Foods)

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)

31 37th percentile higher than 37% 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 Safety Technology, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	40.0%
2016	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Food Safety Technology, LLC patent most?

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 4

C11D - Detergent COMPOSITIONS; USE OF Single Substances AS DETERGENTS; Soap OR SOAP-MAKING; Resin SOAPS; Recovery OF Glycerol 4

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 4

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

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

B01D - Separation 2

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

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

Top 10 of 10 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 Safety Technology, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Food Safety Technology, LLC's lead technology class is A23B (Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23B
Ranked #46,819 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Food Safety Technology, LLC against Focus Reading Technology Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.2/100 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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