Where does Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. ranks #18,681 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 Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. hold?

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s Innovation Score?

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. has an Innovation Score of 24.0 out of 100 (13th 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 Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. focus on?

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s top technology area is A21D (Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products) with 4 patents, ranking #29 of 137 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s patents?

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s patents average 4.1 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 Gruma S.A.B. DE C.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

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: A21D (Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gruma ranks #18,681 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 9 technology areas.

#18,681
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.0/100): 4.1
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18681 · Foreign Corporation #18,681 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,681/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Golden Arrow Painting
CPC-NARROW A21D · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 4.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Golden Arrow Painting Co., Ltd. (±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 Gruma’s 24.0 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 9.6 pts (40%) Velocity 1.3 pts (5%) Breadth 10.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 2.5 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gruma B DE C V · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gruma's Innovation Score is 24.0/100 (13th 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 Gruma?

Each dot is one of Gruma’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). Gruma’s own 4.1 claims/patent is at or below the 10.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Gruma's grants concentrate

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 26.7% of grants classified under A21D (Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Gruma sits between Golden Arrow Painting Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Auldey Animation & TOY Co., Ltd..

Gruma's three-year grant acceleration

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Golden Arrow Pain…

15
Golden Homes Hold…

15
Grape King BIO

15
Great Stuff

15
Grupo Bimbo B DE…

15
Grupo Petrotemex…

15
GT

15
Guangdong Auldey…

15
Gruma B DE C V ◀

15

What this shows Gruma holds 15 patents at rank #18,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gruma

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,661 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21D (Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking)

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

Gruma's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	7	46.7%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2021	3	20.0%
2023	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. patent most?

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 4

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

B02B - Preparing Grain FOR MILLING; Refining Granular Fruit TO Commercial Products BY Working THE Surface 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

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 1

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 1

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V.'s lead technology class is A21D (Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products), 26.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21D
Ranked #18,681 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gruma S.A.B. DE C.V. against Golden Arrow Painting Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.0/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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