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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. ranks #11,282 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. hold?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

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

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. has an Innovation Score of 31.4 out of 100 (38th 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 ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. focus on?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 10 patents, ranking #99 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

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

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A.'s recent grant velocity is -47% 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 ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A.'s patents?

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A.'s patents average 6.6 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. 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.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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 #11,282 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 12 technology areas.

#11,282
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 6.6
avg claims per patent: -47%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11282 · Foreign Corporation #11,282 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,282/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hound Labs
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -47% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hound Labs, 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 Illycaffè’s 31.4 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 11.5 pts (37%) Velocity 3.7 pts (12%) Breadth 12.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 4.0 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Beijing Pico… · near

31
Cruiser Accessories · near

31
NuWave · near

31
Cascade Designs · near

31
ILLYCAFFÈ S P A · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Illycaffè's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 Illycaffè?

Each dot is one of Illycaffè’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). Illycaffè’s own 6.6 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Illycaffè's grants concentrate

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 37% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Illycaffè sits between Hound Labs, Inc. and Infovision Optoelectronics (KUNSHAN) Co., Ltd..

Illycaffè's three-year grant acceleration

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Hound Labs

27
I R C A S P A Ind…

27
Ideahub

27
Iljin Global

27
Imax

27
Immervision

27
INA Acquisition

27
Infovision Optoel…

27
IllycaffÈ S P A ◀

27

What this shows ILLYCAFFÈ holds 27 patents at rank #11,281, 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 #11,281 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for ILLYCAFFÈ, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), ILLYCAFFÈ ranks #99 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

Cascade Designs, Inc. 31 Beijing Pico Technology Co., Ltd. 31 Cruiser Accessories, LLC 31 NuWave LLC 31

Illycaffè's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	4	14.8%
2017	1	3.7%
2018	3	11.1%
2019	5	18.5%
2021	4	14.8%
2022	2	7.4%
2023	1	3.7%
2024	2	7.4%
2025partial year	1	3.7%

Which technologies does ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 10

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 5

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 2

B09B - Disposal OF Solid Waste NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

Y02W - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Wastewater Treatment OR Waste Management 1

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

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 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

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

Top 12 of 12 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

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

ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 37% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #11,282 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare ILLYCAFFÈ S.P.A. against Hound Labs, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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