Where does Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH ranks #11,653 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 Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH hold?

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's Innovation Score?

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's recent grant velocity is +18% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's patents?

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's patents average 21.6 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 Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH 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

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH focus on?

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 13 patents, ranking #106 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 20 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Frito-lay ranks #11,653 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 20 technology areas.

#11,653
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 21.6
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11653 · Foreign Corporation #11,653 · 26 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,653/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Federal-Mogul…
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Federal-Mogul Wiesbaden GmbH (±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 Frito-lay’s 43.2 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 11.4 pts (26%) Velocity 3.0 pts (7%) Breadth 15.8 pts (37%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Boomcloud 360 · near

43
Endura Products · near

43
Ethertronics · near

43
Frito-Lay Trading · this assignee

43
J M Huber · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Frito-lay's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Frito-lay?

Each dot is one of Frito-lay’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). Frito-lay’s own 21.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Frito-lay's grants concentrate

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 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 2020 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Frito-lay sits between Fosbel, Inc. and GenMark Diagnostics, Inc..

Frito-lay's three-year grant acceleration

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Fosbel

26
Federal-mogul Wie…

26
Fender Musical In…

26
Flatiron Health

26
GEA Process Engin…

26
Grey Orange PTE

26
Grupo AntolÍN-ing…

26
Genmark Diagnosti…

26
Frito-lay Trading ◀

26

What this shows Frito-Lay holds 26 patents at rank #11,653, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Frito-Lay

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,653 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Frito-Lay's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Frito-Lay, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Frito-Lay ranks #106 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

J.M. Huber Corporation 43 Boomcloud 360 Inc. 43 Endura Products, LLC 43 Ethertronics, Inc 43

Frito-lay's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	11.5%
2016	2	7.7%
2017	1	3.8%
2018	2	7.7%
2019	3	11.5%
2020	6	23.1%
2021	2	7.7%
2024	5	19.2%
2025partial year	2	7.7%

Which technologies does Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 13

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 11

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 3

A23N - Machines OR Apparatus FOR Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables OR Flower Bulbs IN Bulk, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Peeling Vegetables OR Fruit IN BULK; Apparatus FOR Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 2

B07B - Separating Solids From Solids BY Sieving, Screening, Sifting OR BY Using GAS CURRENTS; Separating BY Other DRY Methods Applicable TO Bulk Material, e.g. Loose Articles FIT TO BE Handled Like Bulk Material 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

C01D - Compounds OF Alkali Metals, i.e. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Caesium, OR Francium 1

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 1

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 1

Top 15 of 20 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH'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 #11,653 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Frito-Lay Trading Company GmbH against Fosbel, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.