Where does Pitco Frialator, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pitco Frialator, Inc. ranks #12,624 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 Pitco Frialator, Inc. hold?

Pitco Frialator, Inc. holds 24 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Pitco Frialator, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pitco Frialator, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.7 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Pitco Frialator, Inc. focus on?

Pitco Frialator, Inc.'s top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 17 patents, ranking #60 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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

Pitco Frialator, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +18% 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 Pitco Frialator, Inc.'s patents?

Pitco Frialator, Inc.'s patents average 14.6 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 Pitco Frialator, 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

Pitco Frialator, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 24 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pitco ranks #12,624 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 24 patents across 15 technology areas.

#12,624
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.7/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: +18%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12624 · US Corporation #12,624 · 24 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 24 grants
MID-PACK #12,624/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Petroleum Technology…
CPC-FOCUS A47J · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +18% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Petroleum Technology Company 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 Pitco’s 41.7 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 11.1 pts (27%) Velocity 8.1 pts (19%) Breadth 13.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Pitco Frialator · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pitco's Innovation Score is 41.7/100 (top 32% 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 Pitco?

Each dot is one of Pitco’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). Pitco’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Pitco's grants concentrate

Pitco Frialator, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 70.8% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Pitco sits between Petroleum Technology Company AS and Promptu Systems Corporation.

Pitco's three-year grant acceleration

Pitco Frialator, Inc. shows 11 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Petroleum Technol…

24
Peugeot CitroËN A…

24
Phoenix Biotechno…

24
Pinhole (Beijing)…

24
Polte

24
Power Support

24
Primapak

24
Promptu Systems

24
Pitco Frialator ◀

24

What this shows Pitco holds 24 patents at rank #12,615, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pitco

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,615 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Pitco's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Pitco Frialator, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	4.2%
2017	2	8.3%
2018	1	4.2%
2019	7	29.2%
2020	2	8.3%
2022	5	20.8%
2023	2	8.3%
2024	4	16.7%

Which technologies does Pitco Frialator, Inc. patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 17

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 4

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 2

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

B30B - Presses IN General 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

B01D - Separation 2

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 1

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 1

F28D - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media DO NOT Come Into Direct Contact 1

F23D - Burners 1

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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

Pitco Frialator, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 70.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #12,624 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pitco Frialator, Inc. against Petroleum Technology Company AS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.7/100 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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