Where does Fromageries BEL rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Fromageries BEL ranks #46,890 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 Fromageries BEL hold?

Fromageries BEL holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Fromageries BEL's Innovation Score?

Fromageries BEL has an Innovation Score of 25.1 out of 100 (16th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Fromageries BEL focus on?

Fromageries BEL's top technology area is A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass) with 3 patents, ranking #85 of 308 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Fromageries BEL's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Fromageries BEL's recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Fromageries BEL's patents?

Fromageries BEL's patents average 12.0 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 Fromageries BEL 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

Fromageries BEL

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Fromageries ranks #46,890 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 11 technology areas.

#46,890
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 16th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.1/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46890 · Foreign Corporation #46,890 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,890/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fri-jado B V
CPC-FOCUS A23P · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fri-jado B.V. (±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 Fromageries’s 25.1 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 (25%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (47%) Claim depth 7.2 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fromageries BEL · this assignee

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Fromageries's Innovation Score is 25.1/100 (16th 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 Fromageries?

Each dot is one of Fromageries’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). Fromageries’s own 12.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Fromageries's grants concentrate

Fromageries BEL is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Fromageries sits between Fri-jado B.V. and Frosty Cold, LLC.

Fri-jado B V

5
Friedman IP Holdi…

5
Friendliai

5
Fritschiag—Swiss…

5
Frontgrade

5
Frontier Laborato…

5
Frontside

5
Frosty Cold

5
Fromageries BEL ◀

5

What this shows Fromageries holds 5 patents at rank #46,780, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Fromageries

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,780 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs)

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

Fromageries's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 16th percentile higher than 16% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Fromageries BEL patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2019	2	40.0%
2020	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Fromageries BEL patent most?

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

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 2

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 1

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

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

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Fromageries BEL's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Fromageries BEL's lead technology class is A23P (Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23P
Ranked #46,890 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Fromageries BEL against Fri-jado B.V., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.1/100 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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