Where does James and Carol May Family, Lllp rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), James and Carol May Family, Lllp ranks #41,075 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 James and Carol May Family, Lllp hold?

James and Carol May Family, Lllp holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is James and Carol May Family, Lllp's Innovation Score?

James and Carol May Family, Lllp has an Innovation Score of 35.2 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is James and Carol May Family, Lllp's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for James and Carol May Family, Lllp.

What does claim depth mean for James and Carol May Family, Lllp's patents?

James and Carol May Family, Lllp's patents average 16.8 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 James and Carol May Family, Lllp 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

James and Carol May Family, Lllp

Q: What technology areas does James and Carol May Family, Lllp focus on?

James and Carol May Family, Lllp's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 6 patents, ranking #278 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2023. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, James ranks #41,075 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 2 technology areas.

#41,075
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.2/100): 16.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41075 · US Corporation #41,075 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,075/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Jaeger-Unitek…
CPC-NARROW A23L · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2023 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Jaeger-Unitek Sealing Solutions, 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 James’s 35.2 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 (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (38%) Breadth 5.0 pts (14%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
James and Carol May… · this assignee

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows James's Innovation Score is 35.2/100 (top 50% 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 James?

Each dot is one of James’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). James’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where James's grants concentrate

James and Carol May Family, Lllp is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2020. By volume, James sits between Jaeger-Unitek Sealing Solutions, Inc. and Jarder Outdoor Ningbo Co., Ltd..

James's three-year grant acceleration

James and Carol May Family, Lllp shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

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6
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6
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What this shows James holds 6 patents at rank #41,096, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near James

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,096 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

James's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2023

Grants by year

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

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James and Carol May Family, Lllp patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	33.3%
2023	4	66.7%

Which technologies does James and Carol May Family, Lllp patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 6

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

Top 2 of 2 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

James and Carol May Family, Lllp's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

James and Carol May Family, Lllp's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #41,075 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare James and Carol May Family, Lllp against Jaeger-Unitek Sealing Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.2/100 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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