Where does Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV ranks #23,180 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 Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV hold?

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2024 and 2025, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's Innovation Score?

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV.

What does claim depth mean for Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's patents?

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's patents average 5.0 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 Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV 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

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV

Q: What technology areas does Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV focus on?

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 4 patents, ranking #73 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2024–2025. 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Perfetti ranks #23,180 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 3 technology areas.

#23,180
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 5.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23180 · Foreign Corporation #23,180 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,180/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pellerin Milnor
CPC-NARROW A23G · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2024–2025 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pellerin Milnor Corporation (±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 Perfetti’s 38.0 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 8.9 pts (23%) Velocity 20.0 pts (53%) Breadth 6.1 pts (16%) Claim depth 3.0 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Perfetti VAN Melle… · this assignee

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Perfetti's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Perfetti?

Each dot is one of Perfetti’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). Perfetti’s own 5.0 claims/patent is at or below the 18.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Perfetti's grants concentrate

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). By volume, Perfetti sits between Pellerin Milnor Corporation and Phase Scientific International, Ltd..

Perfetti's three-year grant acceleration

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV shows 3 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.

Pellerin Milnor

12
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12
Peninsula Packagi…

12
Pentair Flow Serv…

12
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12
Pfnonwovens

12
Pharmazell

12
Phase Scientific…

12
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12

What this shows Perfetti holds 12 patents at rank #23,161, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Perfetti

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,161 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Perfetti's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2024–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2024–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2024	3	25.0%
2025partial year	9	75.0%

Which technologies does Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 4

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

Top 3 of 3 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

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV's lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #23,180 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Perfetti VAN Melle Benelux BV against Pellerin Milnor Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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