Where does Ocado Innovation Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ocado Innovation Limited ranks #2,081 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 Ocado Innovation Limited hold?

Ocado Innovation Limited holds 190 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 68 technology areas.

What is Ocado Innovation Limited's Innovation Score?

Ocado Innovation Limited has an Innovation Score of 65.0 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Ocado Innovation Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ocado Innovation Limited's recent grant velocity is +1008% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Ocado Innovation Limited's patents?

Ocado Innovation Limited's patents average 18.1 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 Ocado Innovation Limited 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

Ocado Innovation Limited

Q: What technology areas does Ocado Innovation Limited focus on?

Ocado Innovation Limited's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 131 patents, ranking #9 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 68 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 190 granted patents across 68 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Ocado ranks #2,081 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 190 patents across 68 technology areas.

#2,081
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (65.0/100): 18.1
avg claims per patent: +1008%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2081 · Foreign Corporation #2,081 · 190 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 190 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,081/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AutoStore Technology…
CPC-WIDE B65G · 68 areas
INNOV-STRONG 65.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1008% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AutoStore Technology AS (±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 Ocado’s 65.0 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 18.1 pts (28%) Velocity 11.1 pts (17%) Breadth 25.0 pts (38%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Baxter International · near

65
Lenovo (United States) · near

65
Lumileds · near

65
Ocado Innovation · this assignee

65
Schneider Electric USA · near

65
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ocado's Innovation Score is 65.0/100 (top 1% 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 Ocado?

Each dot is one of Ocado’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). Ocado’s own 18.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Ocado's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Ocado Innovation Limited received 144 grants versus 13 in 2015–2019 (+1008% equal-window velocity, top decile growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2024 at 41 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 4. Lead class B65G accounts for 68.9% of the portfolio across 68 subclasses. Volume neighbours: AutoStore Technology AS (#2,077) and Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (#2,085).

Ocado's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Ocado Innovation Limited moved from 56 to 93 grants (1.66x 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 #336. See the growth leaderboard.

Autostore Technol…

190
Bissell Homecare

190
Elekta

190
National Central…

190
Richwave Technolo…

190
Rigel Pharmaceuti…

190
Shionogi &

190
Smith & Nephew Or…

190
Ocado Innovation ◀

190

What this shows Ocado holds 190 patents at rank #2,081, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ocado

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,081 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Ocado, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices), Ocado ranks #9 of 1,746 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (65 here).

Baxter International Inc. 65 Lumileds LLC 65 Lenovo (United States) Inc. 65 Schneider Electric USA, Inc. 65

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (18.1 here).

Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. 18.1 avg Institut National D'optique 18.1 avg SuccessFactors, Inc. 18.1 avg Innospec Limited 18.1 avg

Ocado's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

65 Top 1% higher than 99% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ocado Innovation Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	4	2.1%
2018	4	2.1%
2019	5	2.6%
2020	25	13.2%
2021	26	13.7%
2022	17	8.9%
2023	35	18.4%
2024	41	21.6%
2025partial year	33	17.4%

Which technologies does Ocado Innovation Limited patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 131

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 54

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 47

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 46

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 39

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 26

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 25

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 24

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 24

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 23

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 22

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 22

A62C - Fire-fighting 22

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 20

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 20

Top 15 of 68 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

Ocado Innovation Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ocado Innovation Limited's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 68.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #2,081 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ocado Innovation Limited against AutoStore Technology AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 65.0/100 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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