Where does Gehl Foods, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gehl Foods, LLC ranks #16,045 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 Gehl Foods, LLC hold?

Gehl Foods, LLC holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Gehl Foods, LLC's Innovation Score?

Gehl Foods, LLC has an Innovation Score of 22.1 out of 100 (10th 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 Gehl Foods, LLC focus on?

Gehl Foods, LLC's top technology area is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment) with 4 patents, ranking #120 of 709 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gehl Foods, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gehl Foods, LLC's recent grant velocity is -45% 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 Gehl Foods, LLC's patents?

Gehl Foods, LLC's patents average 3.6 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 Gehl Foods, 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

Gehl Foods, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A47G (Household OR Table Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gehl ranks #16,045 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 5 technology areas.

#16,045
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.1/100): 3.6
avg claims per patent: -45%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16045 · US Corporation #16,045 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,045/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gangneung-wonju…
CPC-NARROW A47G · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -45% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group (±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 Gehl’s 22.1 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 10.2 pts (46%) Velocity 1.9 pts (9%) Breadth 7.9 pts (36%) Claim depth 2.1 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Gehl Foods · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Gehl's Innovation Score is 22.1/100 (10th 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 Gehl?

Each dot is one of Gehl’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). Gehl’s own 3.6 claims/patent is at or below the 13.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gehl's grants concentrate

Gehl Foods, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 22.2% of grants classified under A47G (Household OR Table Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Gehl sits between Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group and Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (US) LLC.

Gehl's three-year grant acceleration

Gehl Foods, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 7 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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Gehl Foods ◀

18

What this shows Gehl holds 18 patents at rank #16,042, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gehl

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,042 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47G (Household OR Table Equipment)

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

Gehl's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Gehl Foods, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.6%
2017	5	27.8%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	3	16.7%
2020	4	22.2%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	1	5.6%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Gehl Foods, LLC patent most?

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 3

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 3

B67B - Applying Closure Members TO Bottles Jars, OR Similar CONTAINERS; Opening Closed Containers 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Gehl Foods, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gehl Foods, LLC's lead technology class is A47G (Household OR Table Equipment), 22.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47G
Ranked #16,045 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gehl Foods, LLC against Gangneung-wonju National University Industry Academy Cooperation Group, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.1/100 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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