Where does Smitten Ventures, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Smitten Ventures, Inc. ranks #43,179 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 Smitten Ventures, Inc. hold?

Smitten Ventures, Inc. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Smitten Ventures, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Smitten Ventures, Inc.'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 Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s patents?

Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s patents average 18.8 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 Smitten Ventures, 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

Smitten Ventures, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Smitten Ventures, Inc. focus on?

Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 5 patents, ranking #58 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 7 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Smitten ranks #43,179 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 7 technology areas.

#43,179
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43179 · US Corporation #43,179 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,179/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Smartlens
CPC-NARROW A23G · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Smartlens, 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 Smitten’s 34.0 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 6.7 pts (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 9.4 pts (28%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Yangtze Optical… · near

34
39F USA · near

34
Regal Beloit… · near

34
Smitten Ventures · this assignee

34
Seattle Children's… · near

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Smitten's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 Smitten?

Each dot is one of Smitten’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). Smitten’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Smitten's grants concentrate

Smitten Ventures, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Smitten sits between Smartlens, Inc. and Societe Industrielle DE Matieres Plastiques.

Smitten's three-year grant acceleration

Smitten Ventures, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Smartlens

6
Smbure

6
Smdsolution

6
Smile Makers

6
SN Maschinenbau

6
Sociedad ANÓNIMA…

6
Societe DES Eaux…

6
Societe Industrie…

6
Smitten Ventures ◀

6

What this shows Smitten holds 6 patents at rank #42,928, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Smitten

By rank, the assignees closest to #42,928 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Smitten, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23G (Cocoa), Smitten ranks #58 of 237 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (34 here).

Regal Beloit Australia Pty Ltd 34 39F USA Inc 34 Seattle Children's Research Institute 34 Yangtze Optical Fibre AND Cable Joint Stock Limited Company 34

Smitten's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% 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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Smitten Ventures, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	16.7%
2019	2	33.3%
2022	2	33.3%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Smitten Ventures, Inc. patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 5

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 3

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 3

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

F25C - Producing, Working OR Handling ICE 1

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 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Smitten Ventures, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #43,179 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Smitten Ventures, Inc. against Smartlens, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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