Where does Heineken UK Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heineken UK Limited ranks #40,672 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 Heineken UK Limited hold?

Heineken UK Limited holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Heineken UK Limited's Innovation Score?

Heineken UK Limited has an Innovation Score of 36.8 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Heineken UK Limited focus on?

Heineken UK Limited's top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 2 patents, ranking #227 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heineken UK Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heineken UK Limited's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Heineken UK Limited's patents?

Heineken UK Limited's patents average 5.0 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 Heineken UK Limited 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

Heineken UK Limited

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heineken ranks #40,672 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 4 technology areas.

#40,672
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (36.8/100): 5.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40672 · Foreign Corporation #40,672 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,672/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heat Recovery…
CPC-NARROW B67D · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heat Recovery Solutions Limited (±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 Heineken’s 36.8 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 6.7 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (54%) Breadth 7.1 pts (19%) Claim depth 3.0 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heineken UK · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heineken's Innovation Score is 36.8/100 (top 45% 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 Heineken?

Each dot is one of Heineken’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). Heineken’s own 5.0 claims/patent is at or below the 10.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Heineken's grants concentrate

Heineken UK Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Heineken sits between Heat Recovery Solutions Limited and Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc..

Heineken's three-year grant acceleration

Heineken UK Limited shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

Heat Recovery Sol…

6
Heatgenie

6
Hefei Tuwa Techno…

6
Hefei Wisdom Brid…

6
Heinzen

6
Helion Biotech Aps

6
Helios Data

6
Helix Energy Solu…

6
Heineken UK ◀

6

What this shows Heineken holds 6 patents at rank #40,733, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heineken

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,733 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Heineken's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Heineken UK Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	33.3%
2018	1	16.7%
2022	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Heineken UK Limited patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Heineken UK Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heineken UK Limited's lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #40,672 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heineken UK Limited against Heat Recovery Solutions Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.8/100 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.