Where does Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC ranks #11,337 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 Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC hold?

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 26 technology areas.

What is Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's Innovation Score?

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC has an Innovation Score of 39.5 out of 100 (top 38% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC focus on?

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's top technology area is F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE) with 12 patents, ranking #13 of 83 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 26 CPC subclasses total.

Is Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's patents?

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's patents average 12.2 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 Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, 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

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 26 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Manitowoc ranks #11,337 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 26 technology areas.

#11,337
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 38%
by Innovation Score (39.5/100): 12.2
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11337 · US Corporation #11,337 · 27 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,337/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH LovePop
CPC-FOCUS F25C · 26 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: LovePop, 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 Manitowoc’s 39.5 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 11.5 pts (29%) Velocity 2.7 pts (7%) Breadth 18.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 7.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
CenTrak · near

39
HP Printing Korea · near

39
Ibis Biosciences · near

39
Landscape Structures · near

39
Manitowoc Foodservic… · this assignee

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Manitowoc's Innovation Score is 39.5/100 (top 38% 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 Manitowoc?

Each dot is one of Manitowoc’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). Manitowoc’s own 12.2 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Manitowoc's grants concentrate

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 26 CPC subclasses with 44.4% of grants classified under F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Manitowoc sits between LovePop, Inc. and Micro-epsilon-messtechnik GMBH & Co. KG.

Manitowoc's three-year grant acceleration

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Lovepop

27
Loyola University…

27
M E P Macchine El…

27
Magna Closures S…

27
Mavig

27
Medal Sports (Tai…

27
Mems Drive

27
Micro-epsilon-mes…

27
Manitowoc Foodser… ◀

27

What this shows Manitowoc holds 27 patents at rank #11,336, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Manitowoc

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,336 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25C (Producing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Manitowoc, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F25C (Producing), Manitowoc ranks #13 of 83 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

CenTrak, Inc. 39 Landscape Structures Inc. 39 Ibis Biosciences, Inc. 39 HP Printing Korea Co., Ltd. 39

Manitowoc's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 38% higher than 62% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	37.0%
2016	3	11.1%
2017	5	18.5%
2018	2	7.4%
2019	3	11.1%
2020	1	3.7%
2021	1	3.7%
2023	1	3.7%
2024	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC patent most?

F25C - Producing, Working OR Handling ICE 12

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 1

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

A23F - COFFEE; TEA; Their SUBSTITUTES; Manufacture, Preparation, OR Infusion Thereof 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

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

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

Top 15 of 26 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

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC's lead technology class is F25C (Producing, Working OR Handling ICE), 44.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25C
Ranked #11,337 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Manitowoc Foodservice Companies, LLC against LovePop, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.5/100 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

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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