Where does Friesland Brands B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Friesland Brands B.V. ranks #31,704 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 Friesland Brands B.V. hold?

Friesland Brands B.V. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2019, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Friesland Brands B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Friesland Brands B.V. has an Innovation Score of 32.0 out of 100 (40th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Friesland Brands B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Friesland Brands B.V.'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 Friesland Brands B.V.'s patents?

Friesland Brands B.V.'s patents average 17.1 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 Friesland Brands B.V. 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 Foreign Corporation

Friesland Brands B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Friesland Brands B.V. focus on?

Friesland Brands B.V.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 4 patents, ranking #424 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 16 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: 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, Friesland ranks #31,704 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 16 technology areas.

#31,704
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 40th percentile
by Innovation Score (32.0/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31704 · Foreign Corporation #31,704 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,704/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fovia
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 16 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fovia, 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 Friesland’s 32.0 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 (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 14.1 pts (44%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Friesland's Innovation Score is 32.0/100 (40th 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 Friesland?

Each dot is one of Friesland’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). Friesland’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Friesland's grants concentrate

Friesland Brands B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Friesland sits between Fovia, Inc. and Fujian Golden Dragon Rare-earth Co., Ltd..

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What this shows Friesland holds 8 patents at rank #31,645, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Friesland

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,645 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Friesland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

32 40th percentile higher than 40% 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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Friesland Brands B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	12.5%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Friesland Brands B.V. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

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

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 2

B01D - Separation 2

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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

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

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

C07K - Peptides 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

Top 15 of 16 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

Friesland Brands B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Friesland Brands B.V.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #31,704 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Friesland Brands B.V. against Fovia, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.0/100 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

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