Where does Grain Processing Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Grain Processing Corporation ranks #16,831 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 Grain Processing Corporation hold?

Grain Processing Corporation holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Grain Processing Corporation's Innovation Score?

Grain Processing Corporation has an Innovation Score of 46.4 out of 100 (top 21% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Grain Processing Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Grain Processing Corporation's recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Grain Processing Corporation's patents?

Grain Processing Corporation's patents average 18.5 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 Grain Processing Corporation 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

Grain Processing Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Grain Processing Corporation focus on?

Grain Processing Corporation's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 8 patents, ranking #195 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Grain ranks #16,831 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 28 technology areas.

#16,831
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 21%
by Innovation Score (46.4/100): 18.5
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16831 · US Corporation #16,831 · 17 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,831/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gold Crest
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gold Crest LLC (±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 Grain’s 46.4 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 10.0 pts (22%) Velocity 6.7 pts (14%) Breadth 18.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 11.1 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Grain Processing · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Grain's Innovation Score is 46.4/100 (top 21% 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 Grain?

Each dot is one of Grain’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). Grain’s own 18.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Grain's grants concentrate

Grain Processing Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 47.1% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Grain sits between Gold Crest LLC and Group One Limited.

Grain's three-year grant acceleration

Grain Processing Corporation shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Gold Crest

17
Goodnature Produc…

17
Gordon Murray Des…

17
Gotion

17
Graymont Western…

17
Great Fitness Ind…

17
Greiner Bio-one

17
Group One

17
Grain Processing ◀

17

What this shows Grain holds 17 patents at rank #16,839, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Grain

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,839 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Grain's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 21% higher than 79% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

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

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Grain Processing Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	29.4%
2016	3	17.6%
2017	4	23.5%
2018	3	17.6%
2019	1	5.9%
2023	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Grain Processing Corporation patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 6

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 5

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 3

C13K - Saccharides Obtained From Natural Sources OR BY Hydrolysis OF Naturally Occurring Disaccharides, Oligosaccharides OR Polysaccharides 3

C12Y - Enzymes 3

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

A23K - Fodder 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 3

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 3

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 3

C05D - Inorganic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide 3

Top 15 of 28 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

Grain Processing Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Grain Processing Corporation's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 47.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #16,831 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Grain Processing Corporation against Gold Crest LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.4/100 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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