Where does SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. ranks #27,350 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 SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. hold?

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.4 out of 100 (30th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -50% 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 SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s patents?

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s patents average 17.9 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 SFC Global Supply Chain, 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

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. focus on?

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 3 patents, ranking #539 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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, SFC ranks #27,350 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#27,350
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.4/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27350 · US Corporation #27,350 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,350/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH SEO WON Korea
CPC-NARROW A23L · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: SEO WON Korea Co., Ltd. (±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 SFC’s 29.4 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 8.3 pts (28%) Velocity 1.7 pts (6%) Breadth 8.7 pts (30%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
SFC Global Supply… · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows SFC's Innovation Score is 29.4/100 (30th 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 SFC?

Each dot is one of SFC’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). SFC’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where SFC's grants concentrate

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 30% 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 2017. By volume, SFC sits between SEO WON Korea Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Linghuo Trading Co., Ltd..

SFC's three-year grant acceleration

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

SEO WON Korea

10
Seoyon America

10
Serralux

10
Seungjin IND

10
Shandong Danhong…

10
Shanghai Air-paq…

10
Shanghai Junshi B…

10
Shanghai Linghuo…

10
SFC Global Supply… ◀

10

What this shows SFC holds 10 patents at rank #27,313, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near SFC

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,313 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

SFC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	20.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	2	20.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2024	1	10.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. patent most?

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

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 3

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 3

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

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 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

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #27,350 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare SFC Global Supply Chain, Inc. against SEO WON Korea Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.4/100 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

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