Where does Prayon rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Prayon ranks #49,718 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 Prayon hold?

Prayon holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Prayon's Innovation Score?

Prayon has an Innovation Score of 25.6 out of 100 (18th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Prayon's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Prayon's recent grant velocity is -33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Prayon's patents?

Prayon's patents average 12.0 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 Prayon 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

Prayon

Q: What technology areas does Prayon focus on?

Prayon's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Prayon ranks #49,718 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 12 technology areas.

#49,718
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 18th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.6/100): 12.0
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R49718 · Foreign Corporation #49,718 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #49,718/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Practical Design…
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Practical Design Solutions LLC (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Prayon · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Prayon's Innovation Score is 25.6/100 (18th 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.

Where Prayon's grants concentrate

Prayon is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Prayon sits between Practical Design Solutions LLC and Precision Dermatology, Inc..

Practical Design…

5
Practice Fusion

5
Prasidiux

5
Pratt & Whitney S…

5
Pre-chasm Research

5
Precise Drilling…

5
Precision Biometr…

5
Precision Dermato…

5
Prayon ◀

5

What this shows Prayon holds 5 patents at rank #49,789, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Prayon

By rank, the assignees closest to #49,789 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Prayon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 18th percentile higher than 18% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

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

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Prayon patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Prayon patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 3

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 3

A23K - Fodder 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 1

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#49,718

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

25.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Prayon's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Prayon's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #49,718 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Prayon against Practical Design Solutions LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.6/100 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

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.