Where does Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC ranks #2,009 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 Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC hold?

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC holds 199 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 41 technology areas.

What is Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's Innovation Score?

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC has an Innovation Score of 51.7 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's recent grant velocity is -29% 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 Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's patents?

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's patents average 9.7 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 Kraft Foods Group Brands 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

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC

Q: What technology areas does Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC focus on?

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 39 patents, ranking #25 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 41 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 199 granted patents across 41 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, Kraft ranks #2,009 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 199 patents across 41 technology areas.

#2,009
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (51.7/100): 9.7
avg claims per patent: -29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2009 · US Corporation #2,009 · 199 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 199 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,009/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fedex Corporate…
CPC-WIDE A23L · 41 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fedex Corporate Services 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 Kraft’s 51.7 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 18.3 pts (35%) Velocity 5.0 pts (10%) Breadth 22.6 pts (44%) Claim depth 5.8 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Arizona Board OF… · near

52
Kraft Foods Group… · this assignee

52
MannKind · near

52
Singapore Health… · near

52
Voxx International · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Kraft's Innovation Score is 51.7/100 (top 11% 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 Kraft?

Each dot is one of Kraft’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). Kraft’s own 9.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Kraft's grants concentrate

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 41 CPC subclasses with 19.6% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (32 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2022. By volume, Kraft sits between Skydio, Inc. and CrossBar, Inc..

Kraft's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC moved from 56 to 42 grants (0.75x 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 #1,989. See the growth leaderboard.

Skydio

200
Vermeer Manufactu…

200
Fedex Corporate S…

199
Globeride

199
Nippon Sheet Glass

199
Sorenson IP Holdi…

199
Valeo North Ameri…

199
Kraft Foods Group… ◀

199
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198

What this shows Kraft holds 199 patents at rank #2,009, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Kraft

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,009 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Kraft, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Kraft ranks #25 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

MannKind Corporation 52 Singapore Health Services PTE. Ltd. 52 Voxx International Corporation 52 Arizona Board OF Regents, A Body Corporate OF THE State OF Arizona Acting FOR AND ON Behalf OF Arizona State University 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.7 here).

National Chung Shan Institute OF Science AND Technology 9.7 avg TomTom International B.V. 9.7 avg SimpliSafe, Inc. 9.7 avg Sichuan University 9.7 avg

Kraft's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	17	8.5%
2016	32	16.1%
2017	24	12.1%
2018	14	7.0%
2019	21	10.6%
2020	17	8.5%
2021	18	9.0%
2022	11	5.5%
2023	15	7.5%
2024	16	8.0%
2025partial year	14	7.0%

Which technologies does Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 39

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 32

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 26

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 24

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 17

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 15

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 7

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 4

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 4

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 4

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 4

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

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 4

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 4

Top 15 of 41 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

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 19.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #2,009 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC against Skydio, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.7/100 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.

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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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