Where does PepsiCo, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), PepsiCo, Inc. ranks #872 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 PepsiCo, Inc. hold?

PepsiCo, Inc. holds 518 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 89 technology areas.

What is PepsiCo, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

PepsiCo, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 59.0 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does PepsiCo, Inc. focus on?

PepsiCo, Inc.'s top technology area is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 97 patents, ranking #2 of 469 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 89 CPC subclasses total.

Is PepsiCo, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

PepsiCo, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +16% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for PepsiCo, Inc.'s patents?

PepsiCo, Inc.'s patents average 9.9 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 PepsiCo, Inc. 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

PepsiCo, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 518 granted patents across 89 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: B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pepsico ranks #872 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 518 patents across 89 technology areas.

#872
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.0/100): 9.9
avg claims per patent: +16%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R872 · US Corporation #872 · 518 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 518 grants
TOP-DECILE #872/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Open Text ULC
CPC-WIDE B67D · 89 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +16% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Open Text SA ULC (±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 Pepsico’s 59.0 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 21.6 pts (37%) Velocity 6.5 pts (11%) Breadth 25.0 pts (42%) Claim depth 5.9 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AVL List · near

59
Daegu Gyeongbuk… · near

59
DRÄGER Safety & Kgaa · near

59
PepsiCo · this assignee

59
TE Connectivity · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pepsico's Innovation Score is 59.0/100 (top 4% 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 Pepsico?

Each dot is one of Pepsico’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). Pepsico’s own 9.9 claims/patent is at or below the 15.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Pepsico's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, PepsiCo, Inc. received 260 grants versus 224 in 2015–2019 (+16% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 60 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 35. Lead class B67D accounts for 18.7% of the portfolio across 89 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc. (#868) and The Florida International University Board of Trustees (#876).

Pepsico's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, PepsiCo, Inc. moved from 162 to 158 grants (0.97x 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 #1,251. See the growth leaderboard.

Fresenius Medical…

520
University of Vir…

520
Micromass UK

519
Open Text ULC

518
Tesla

518
Pepsico ◀

518
Daicel

517
Graco Minnesota

517
The Florida Inter…

517

What this shows PepsiCo holds 518 patents at rank #872, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near PepsiCo

By rank, the assignees closest to #872 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for PepsiCo, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B67D (Dispensing), PepsiCo ranks #2 of 469 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

TE Connectivity Co. Ltd. 59 AVL List GMBH 59 Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute OF Science AND Technology 59 DRÄGER Safety AG & Co. Kgaa 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (9.9 here).

Uacj Corporation 9.9 avg Closure Systems International Inc. 9.9 avg Mettler-Toledo (Changzhou) Precision Instruments Ltd. 9.9 avg Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. 9.9 avg

Pepsico's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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.

View data table

PepsiCo, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	37	7.1%
2016	42	8.1%
2017	50	9.7%
2018	35	6.8%
2019	60	11.6%
2020	58	11.2%
2021	44	8.5%
2022	50	9.7%
2023	51	9.8%
2024	57	11.0%
2025partial year	34	6.6%

Which technologies does PepsiCo, Inc. patent most?

B67D - Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 97

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 52

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 51

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 46

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 36

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 29

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 23

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 16

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 16

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 15

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 14

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 14

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

Top 15 of 89 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

PepsiCo, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

PepsiCo, Inc.'s lead technology class is B67D (Dispensing, Delivering OR Transferring Liquids, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 18.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B67D
Ranked #872 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare PepsiCo, Inc. against Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.0/100 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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