Where does Loders Croklaan B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Loders Croklaan B.V. ranks #41,471 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 Loders Croklaan B.V. hold?

Loders Croklaan B.V. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2017, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Loders Croklaan B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Loders Croklaan B.V. has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (15th 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 Loders Croklaan B.V. focus on?

Loders Croklaan B.V.'s top technology area is A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils) with 4 patents, ranking #33 of 139 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Loders Croklaan B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Loders Croklaan B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Loders Croklaan B.V.'s patents?

Loders Croklaan B.V.'s patents average 14.0 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 Loders Croklaan B.V. 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 Foreign Corporation

Loders Croklaan B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2017. 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: A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Loders ranks #41,471 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#41,471
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R41471 · Foreign Corporation #41,471 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #41,471/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LockFOB
CPC-NARROW A23D · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LockFOB, LLC (±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 Loders’s 24.5 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 6.7 pts (27%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Loders Croklaan B V · this assignee

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What this shows Loders's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (15th 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 Loders?

Each dot is one of Loders’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). Loders’s own 14.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Loders's grants concentrate

Loders Croklaan B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Loders sits between LockFOB, LLC and Loment, Inc..

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What this shows Loders holds 6 patents at rank #41,472, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Loders

By rank, the assignees closest to #41,472 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats)

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

Loders's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2017

Grants by year

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

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Loders Croklaan B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	66.7%
2016	1	16.7%
2017	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Loders Croklaan B.V. patent most?

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

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 4

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 3

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Loders Croklaan B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Loders Croklaan B.V.'s lead technology class is A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23D
Ranked #41,471 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Loders Croklaan B.V. against LockFOB, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.5/100 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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