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PicoBrew, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2019. 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: C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Picobrew ranks #23,198 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 6 technology areas.

#23,198
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.3/100)
11.3
avg claims per patent
-100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23198 · US Corporation #23,198 · 12 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
  • MID-PACK #23,198/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Phase 5 Weapon Systems
  • CPC-NARROW C12C · 6 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 24.3/100
  • CLAIMS-PAR 11.3 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • VEL-DROP -100% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Phase 5 Weapon Systems 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 Picobrew’s 24.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Picobrew

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Picobrew's Innovation Score is 24.3/100 (14th percentile 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Picobrew?

Each dot is one of Picobrew’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). Picobrew’s own 11.3 claims/patent is at or below the 13.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Picobrew vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 11.911.91212.1 0510152025 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Phase 5 Weapon Systems Inc. - 12, 5.08Phase 5 Weapon Sy…PhaseRx, Inc. - 12, 17.5PhaserxPhillips Connect Technologies LLC - 12, 14.83Phillips ConnectPhilo, Inc. - 12, 10.08PhiloPicote Solutions Oy Ltd - 12, 6.17Picote Solutions…PieceMakers Technology, Inc. - 12, 13.33Piecemakers Techn…Pilot Energy Solutions, LLC - 12, 22Pilot Energy Solu…Pilot Games, Inc. - 12, 19.83Pilot GamesPicoBrew, LLC - 12, 11.33Picobrew
Picobrew vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Picobrew's grants concentrate

PicoBrew, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Picobrew sits between Phase 5 Weapon Systems Inc. and Pilot Games, Inc..

Who files at PicoBrew's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows PicoBrew holds 12 patents at rank #23,208, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near PicoBrew

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,208 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C12C (BEER)

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

Picobrew's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

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USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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PicoBrew, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2015 2 16.7%
2016 2 16.7%
2017 1 8.3%
2018 3 25.0%
2019 4 33.3%

Which technologies does PicoBrew, LLC patent most?

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

PicoBrew, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • PicoBrew, LLC's lead technology class is C12C (BEER; Preparation OF Beer BY Fermentation ; Preparation OF Malt FOR Making BEER; Preparation OF Hops FOR Making Beer), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C12C
  • Ranked #23,198 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare PicoBrew, LLC against Phase 5 Weapon Systems Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 24.3/100 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

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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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.