Where does JBS USA, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), JBS USA, LLC ranks #26,624 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 JBS USA, LLC hold?

JBS USA, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is JBS USA, LLC's Innovation Score?

JBS USA, LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.9 out of 100 (25th 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 JBS USA, LLC focus on?

JBS USA, LLC's top technology area is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish) with 7 patents. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is JBS USA, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

JBS USA, LLC's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 JBS USA, LLC's patents?

JBS USA, LLC's patents average 13.1 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 JBS USA, 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

JBS USA, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, JBS ranks #26,624 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 11 technology areas.

#26,624
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.9/100): 13.1
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26624 · US Corporation #26,624 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,624/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH J & J Solutions
CPC-FOCUS A22C · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: J & J 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
JBS USA · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows JBS's Innovation Score is 27.9/100 (25th 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 JBS's grants concentrate

JBS USA, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, JBS sits between J & J Solutions, Inc. and JFE Engineering Corporation.

J & J Solutions

10
J-quad Dynamics

10
Janesko OY

10
JBL Radical Innov…

10
JCU

10
Jeda Networks

10
JEI MOU Industrial

10
JFE Engineering

10
JBS USA ◀

10

What this shows JBS holds 10 patents at rank #26,616, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JBS

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,616 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A22C (Processing Meat)

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

JBS's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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JBS USA, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	20.0%
2016	1	10.0%
2018	3	30.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	1	10.0%

Which technologies does JBS USA, LLC patent most?

A22C - Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish 7

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 4

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

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

A22B - Slaughtering 2

A23N - Machines OR Apparatus FOR Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables OR Flower Bulbs IN Bulk, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Peeling Vegetables OR Fruit IN BULK; Apparatus FOR Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs 1

A23K - Fodder 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#26,624

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.9 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

JBS USA, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

JBS USA, LLC's lead technology class is A22C (Processing Meat, Poultry, OR Fish), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A22C
Ranked #26,624 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare JBS USA, LLC against J & J Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.9/100 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.