Where does Premier Specialty Brands, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Premier Specialty Brands, LLC ranks #19,038 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 Premier Specialty Brands, LLC hold?

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's Innovation Score?

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC has an Innovation Score of 32.7 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Premier Specialty Brands, LLC focus on?

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's top technology area is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages) with 8 patents, ranking #125 of 793 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's recent grant velocity is +75% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's patents?

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's patents average 10.7 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 Premier Specialty Brands, 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

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Premier ranks #19,038 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 6 technology areas.

#19,038
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.7/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: +75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19038 · US Corporation #19,038 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #19,038/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Pointivo
CPC-NARROW A47J · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.7/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Pointivo 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 Premier’s 32.7 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 8.0 pts (24%) Breadth 8.7 pts (27%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Premier Specialty… · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Premier's Innovation Score is 32.7/100 (42nd 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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Premier?

Each dot is one of Premier’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). Premier’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 14.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Premier's grants concentrate

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 53.3% of grants classified under A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Premier sits between Pointivo Inc. and Professional Tool Products LLC.

Premier's three-year grant acceleration

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Pointivo

15
Polichem

15
Polymer Solutions…

15
Powerphase Intern…

15
Preventice Soluti…

15
Procom One

15
Prosomnus Sleep

15
Professional Tool…

15
Premier Specialty… ◀

15

What this shows Premier holds 15 patents at rank #19,041, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Premier

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,041 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47J (Kitchen Equipment)

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

Premier's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Premier Specialty Brands, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	26.7%
2020	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%
2023	4	26.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	4	26.7%

Which technologies does Premier Specialty Brands, LLC patent most?

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 8

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 5

F24B - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges FOR Solid Fuels ; Implements FOR USE IN Connection With Stoves OR Ranges 3

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

F23L - Supplying AIR OR Non-combustible Liquids OR Gases TO Combustion Apparatus IN General ; Valves OR Dampers Specially Adapted FOR Controlling AIR Supply OR Draught IN Combustion Apparatus ; Inducing Draught IN Combustion APPARATUS; Tops FOR Chimneys OR Ventilating SHAFTS; Terminals FOR Flues 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Premier Specialty Brands, LLC's lead technology class is A47J (Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages), 53.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47J
Ranked #19,038 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Premier Specialty Brands, LLC against Pointivo Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.7/100 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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