Where does Perdue Foods LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Perdue Foods LLC ranks #36,938 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 Perdue Foods LLC hold?

Perdue Foods LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Perdue Foods LLC's Innovation Score?

Perdue Foods LLC has an Innovation Score of 45.8 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Perdue Foods LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Perdue Foods LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Perdue Foods LLC's patents?

Perdue Foods LLC's patents average 13.3 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 Perdue Foods 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

Perdue Foods LLC

Q: What technology areas does Perdue Foods LLC focus on?

Perdue Foods LLC's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 5 patents, ranking #215 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Perdue ranks #36,938 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#36,938
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (45.8/100): 13.3
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R36938 · US Corporation #36,938 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #36,938/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH PDC Machines
CPC-NARROW A01K · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: PDC Machines, 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 Perdue’s 45.8 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 7.2 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 10.6 pts (23%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Nordco · near

46
Perdue Foods · this assignee

46
Spiber AB · near

46
STC · near

46
Veeco Instruments · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Perdue's Innovation Score is 45.8/100 (top 22% 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 Perdue?

Each dot is one of Perdue’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). Perdue’s own 13.3 claims/patent is at or below the 19.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Perdue's grants concentrate

Perdue Foods LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Perdue sits between PDC Machines, Inc. and Perimeterx, Inc..

Perdue's three-year grant acceleration

Perdue Foods LLC shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

PDC Machines

7
Pdinnovative

7
Pecos USA

7
Peking University…

7
Performance AND P…

7
Peri Formwork Sys…

7
Perigen

7
Perimeterx

7
Perdue Foods ◀

7

What this shows Perdue holds 7 patents at rank #36,889, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Perdue

By rank, the assignees closest to #36,889 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Perdue, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01K (Animal Husbandry), Perdue ranks #215 of 1,035 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Spiber Technologies AB 46 Nordco Inc. 46 STC, Inc. 46 Veeco Instruments Inc. 46

Perdue's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Perdue Foods LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2024	3	42.9%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Perdue Foods LLC patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 5

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 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

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

A01J - Manufacture OF Dairy Products 1

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Perdue Foods LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Perdue Foods LLC's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #36,938 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Perdue Foods LLC against PDC Machines, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.8/100 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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