Where does N.V. Nutricia rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), N.V. Nutricia ranks #2,475 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 N.V. Nutricia hold?

N.V. Nutricia holds 158 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is N.V. Nutricia's Innovation Score?

N.V. Nutricia has an Innovation Score of 54.1 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does N.V. Nutricia focus on?

N.V. Nutricia's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 132 patents, ranking #4 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is N.V. Nutricia's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

N.V. Nutricia's recent grant velocity is -55% 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 N.V. Nutricia's patents?

N.V. Nutricia's patents average 15.6 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 N.V. Nutricia 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

N.V. Nutricia

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 158 granted patents across 40 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, N.v. ranks #2,475 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 158 patents across 40 technology areas.

#2,475
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.1/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: -55%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2475 · Foreign Corporation #2,475 · 158 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 158 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,475/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Docusign
CPC-WIDE A23L · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -55% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Docusign, 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 N.v.’s 54.1 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 17.5 pts (32%) Velocity 4.9 pts (9%) Breadth 22.4 pts (41%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Isis Innovation · near

54
Nutricia · this assignee

54
Siliconware… · near

54
The Travelers… · near

54
University of Maine… · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows N.v.'s Innovation Score is 54.1/100 (top 8% 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 N.v.?

Each dot is one of N.v.’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). N.v.’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 16.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where N.v.'s grants concentrate

N.V. Nutricia is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 83.5% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (26 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2024. By volume, N.v. sits between Docusign, Inc. and Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd..

N.v.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, N.V. Nutricia moved from 37 to 27 grants (0.73x 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 #2,058. See the growth leaderboard.

Docusign

158
Doosan Enerbility

158
Faurecia Automoti…

158
Harbin Institute…

158
Plusai

158
Sleep Number

158
Tadano

158
Yungu (Gu'an) Tec…

158
Nutricia ◀

158

What this shows N.V. holds 158 patents at rank #2,475, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near NV

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,475 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for NV, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), NV ranks #4 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

The Travelers Indemnity Company 54 Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. 54 Isis Innovation Limited 54 University of Maine System Board of Trustees 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Fujifilm Sonosite, Inc. 15.6 avg Ademco Inc. 15.6 avg Arkema France 15.6 avg INSTITUCIÓ Catalana DE Recerca I Estudis Avancats 15.6 avg

N.v.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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N.V. Nutricia patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	23	14.6%
2016	21	13.3%
2017	26	16.5%
2018	20	12.7%
2019	16	10.1%
2020	12	7.6%
2021	9	5.7%
2022	10	6.3%
2023	12	7.6%
2024	5	3.2%
2025partial year	4	2.5%

Which technologies does N.V. Nutricia patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 132

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 121

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 114

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 103

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 18

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 11

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 11

A23J - Protein Compositions FOR FOODSTUFFS; Working-up Proteins FOR FOODSTUFFS; Phosphatide Compositions FOR Foodstuffs 6

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 6

C07K - Peptides 5

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 4

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 4

C07H - SUGARS; Derivatives THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; Nucleic Acids 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

Top 15 of 40 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

N.V. Nutricia's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

N.V. Nutricia's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 83.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #2,475 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare N.V. Nutricia against Docusign, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.1/100 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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