Where does Heinzen LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heinzen LLC ranks #40,673 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 Heinzen LLC hold?

Heinzen LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2019, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Heinzen LLC's Innovation Score?

Heinzen LLC has an Innovation Score of 24.2 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Heinzen LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heinzen LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Heinzen LLC's patents?

Heinzen LLC's patents average 10.5 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 Heinzen 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

Heinzen LLC

Q: What technology areas does Heinzen LLC focus on?

Heinzen LLC's top technology area is A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation) with 2 patents, ranking #525 of 1,053 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2019. 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: A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heinzen ranks #40,673 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 10 technology areas.

#40,673
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.2/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40673 · US Corporation #40,673 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,673/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HeatGenie
CPC-FOCUS A23V · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HeatGenie, Inc. (±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 Heinzen’s 24.2 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 (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.2 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heinzen · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heinzen's Innovation Score is 24.2/100 (14th 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 Heinzen?

Each dot is one of Heinzen’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). Heinzen’s own 10.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heinzen's grants concentrate

Heinzen LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Heinzen sits between HeatGenie, Inc. and Helixaeon, Inc..

Heatgenie

6
Hefei Tuwa Techno…

6
Hefei Wisdom Brid…

6
Heineken UK

6
Helion Biotech Aps

6
Helios Data

6
Helix Energy Solu…

6
Helixaeon

6
Heinzen ◀

6

What this shows Heinzen holds 6 patents at rank #40,734, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heinzen

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,734 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods)

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

Heinzen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2019

Grants by year

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

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Heinzen LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	33.3%
2019	4	66.7%

Which technologies does Heinzen LLC patent most?

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

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 2

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 2

E04C - Structural ELEMENTS; Building Materials 2

B01D - Separation 1

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

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

Top 10 of 10 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

Heinzen LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heinzen LLC's lead technology class is A23V (Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23V
Ranked #40,673 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heinzen LLC against HeatGenie, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.2/100 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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