Where does ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio ranks #32,011 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 ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio hold?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's Innovation Score?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio has an Innovation Score of 29.2 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's recent grant velocity is +200% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's patents?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's patents average 17.4 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 ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio 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

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio

Q: What technology areas does ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio focus on?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 6 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Illycaffè ranks #32,011 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 10 technology areas.

#32,011
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.2/100): 17.4
avg claims per patent: +200%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R32011 · Foreign Corporation #32,011 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #32,011/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH IFS Industries
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +200% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: IFS Industries 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ILLYCAFFÈ S P A CON… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Illycaffè's Innovation Score is 29.2/100 (30th 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.

Where Illycaffè's grants concentrate

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Illycaffè sits between IFS Industries Inc. and Imdss Solutions LLC.

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8
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8
Imagine Optic

8
Imberatek

8
IMC Toys

8
Imdss Solutions

8
IllycaffÈ S P A C… ◀

8

What this shows ILLYCAFFÈ holds 8 patents at rank #31,995, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near ILLYCAFFÈ

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,995 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Illycaffè's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	12.5%
2018	1	12.5%
2020	3	37.5%
2021	3	37.5%

Which technologies does ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 6

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 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 2

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

C12C - BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer 2

G01G - Weighing 1

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 1

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 1

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

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#32,011

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

29.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #32,011 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. CON Unico Socio against IFS Industries Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.2/100 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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