Where does Kellanova rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kellanova ranks #48,093 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 Kellanova hold?

Kellanova holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2025 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Kellanova's Innovation Score?

Kellanova has an Innovation Score of 23.7 out of 100 (13th 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 Kellanova focus on?

Kellanova's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 3 patents, ranking #539 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Kellanova's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Kellanova.

What does claim depth mean for Kellanova's patents?

Kellanova's patents average 8.0 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 Kellanova 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

Kellanova

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2025–2025. 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, Kellanova ranks #48,093 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 13 technology areas.

#48,093
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 13th percentile
by Innovation Score (23.7/100): 8.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R48093 · US Corporation #48,093 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #48,093/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH KEE (GUANGDONG)…
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 23.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2025–2025 · 1y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. (±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 Kellanova’s 23.7 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 6.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (54%) Claim depth 4.8 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kellanova · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kellanova's Innovation Score is 23.7/100 (13th 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 Kellanova?

Each dot is one of Kellanova’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). Kellanova’s own 8.0 claims/patent is at or below the 9.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kellanova's grants concentrate

Kellanova is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). By volume, Kellanova sits between KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd. and Kemijski Institut.

KEE (Guangdong) G…

5
Keenwawa

5
Keisei Rose Nurse…

5
Keitech

5
Keltronix

5
Kemco

5
Kemflo (Nanjing)…

5
Kemijski Institut

5
Kellanova ◀

5

What this shows Kellanova holds 5 patents at rank #48,077, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kellanova

By rank, the assignees closest to #48,077 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Kellanova's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 13th percentile higher than 13% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2025–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Kellanova patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2025partial year	5	100.0%

Which technologies does Kellanova patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 3

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 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

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

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 2

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

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B31B - Making Containers OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

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

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Kellanova's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kellanova's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #48,093 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kellanova against KEE (GUANGDONG) Garment Accessories Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 23.7/100 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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