Where does J.R. Simplot Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), J.R. Simplot Company ranks #8,231 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 J.R. Simplot Company hold?

J.R. Simplot Company holds 39 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is J.R. Simplot Company's Innovation Score?

J.R. Simplot Company has an Innovation Score of 37.2 out of 100 (top 44% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does J.R. Simplot Company focus on?

J.R. Simplot Company's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 12 patents, ranking #117 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is J.R. Simplot Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

J.R. Simplot Company's recent grant velocity is -54% 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 J.R. Simplot Company's patents?

J.R. Simplot Company's patents average 10.8 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 J.R. Simplot Company 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

J.R. Simplot Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 39 granted patents across 18 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: 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, J.r. ranks #8,231 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 39 patents across 18 technology areas.

#8,231
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 44%
by Innovation Score (37.2/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: -54%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8231 · US Corporation #8,231 · 39 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 39 grants
UPPER-Q #8,231/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Industrie Borla S p A
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 18 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -54% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Industrie Borla S.p.A. (±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 J.r.’s 37.2 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 12.7 pts (34%) Velocity 3.0 pts (8%) Breadth 15.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ATT Southern · near

37
Evolution Malta · near

37
J R Simplot · this assignee

37
NavVis · near

37
UNL Holdings · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows J.r.'s Innovation Score is 37.2/100 (top 44% 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 J.r.?

Each dot is one of J.r.’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). J.r.’s own 10.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where J.r.'s grants concentrate

J.R. Simplot Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 30.8% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, J.r. sits between Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd. and Kotobuki & Co., Ltd..

J.r.'s three-year grant acceleration

J.R. Simplot Company shows 4 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.

Inspur Informatio…

39
Institut National…

39
Industrie Borla S…

39
Innoviz

39
Johnson Controls…

39
Joulwatt Technolo…

39
Japanese Foundati…

39
Kotobuki &

39
J R Simplot ◀

39

What this shows J.R. holds 39 patents at rank #8,227, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near JR

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,227 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for JR, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), JR ranks #117 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

ATT Southern Inc. 37 UNL Holdings LLC 37 Evolution Malta Limited 37 NavVis GmbH 37

J.r.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 44% higher than 56% 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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J.R. Simplot Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	17.9%
2016	5	12.8%
2017	3	7.7%
2018	10	25.6%
2019	1	2.6%
2020	1	2.6%
2021	7	17.9%
2022	3	7.7%
2023	1	2.6%
2025partial year	1	2.6%

Which technologies does J.R. Simplot Company patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 12

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 11

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 10

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 7

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B26F - PERFORATING; PUNCHING; CUTTING-OUT; STAMPING-OUT; Severing BY Means Other Than Cutting 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 2

A61D - Veterinary Instruments, Implements, Tools, OR Methods 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 1

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 1

A23K - Fodder 1

Top 15 of 18 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

J.R. Simplot Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

J.R. Simplot Company's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 30.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #8,231 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare J.R. Simplot Company against Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.2/100 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

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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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