Where does Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. ranks #3,018 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 Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. hold?

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.6 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. focus on?

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 43 patents, ranking #22 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +7% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s patents?

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s patents average 7.4 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 Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. 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

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 10 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).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Keurig ranks #3,018 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 10 technology areas.

#3,018
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.6/100): 7.4
avg claims per patent: +7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3018 · US Corporation #3,018 · 126 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,018/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Goodrich Actuation…
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited (±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 Keurig’s 36.6 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 16.7 pts (46%) Velocity 4.3 pts (12%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 4.4 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Constellation… · near

37
Lumenis · near

37
Hillcrest Laboratories · near

37
Keurig Green Mountain · this assignee

37
Sealy Technology · near

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Keurig's Innovation Score is 36.6/100 (top 46% 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 Keurig?

Each dot is one of Keurig’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). Keurig’s own 7.4 claims/patent is at or below the 13.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Keurig's grants concentrate

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 34.1% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (21 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2018. By volume, Keurig sits between Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited and Nanotronics Imaging, Inc..

Keurig's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. moved from 47 to 30 grants (0.64x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,339. See the growth leaderboard.

Goodrich Actuatio…

126
Hisense Electric

126
Hunter Industries

126
Pilot

126
L3harris

126
MX

126
NEC Laboratories…

126
Nanotronics Imagi…

126
Keurig Green Moun… ◀

126

What this shows Keurig holds 126 patents at rank #3,017, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Keurig

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,017 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Keurig, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47J (Kitchen Equipment), Keurig ranks #22 of 793 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (37 here).

Sealy Technology LLC 37 Hillcrest Laboratories, Inc. 37 Lumenis Ltd. 37 Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 37

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.4 here).

RB Distribution, Inc. 7.4 avg Volvo Lastvagnar AB 7.4 avg Nanjing University OF Posts AND Telecommunications 7.4 avg Jatco Ltd 7.4 avg

Keurig's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 46% higher than 54% 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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Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	10.3%
2016	18	14.3%
2017	12	9.5%
2018	4	3.2%
2019	13	10.3%
2020	13	10.3%
2021	21	16.7%
2022	14	11.1%
2023	12	9.5%
2024	4	3.2%
2025partial year	2	1.6%

Which technologies does Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 43

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 15

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

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

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

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

Top 10 of 10 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

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 34.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #3,018 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. against Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.6/100 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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