Where does Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. ranks #21,836 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 Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. hold?

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -70% 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 Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s patents?

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s patents average 14.0 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 Stokely-Van Camp, 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

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. focus on?

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 9 patents, ranking #165 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: 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, Stokely-van ranks #21,836 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 12 technology areas.

#21,836
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: -70%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21836 · US Corporation #21,836 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,836/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sprue Safety Products
CPC-FOCUS A23L · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -70% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sprue Safety Products 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 Stokely-van’s 36.4 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 9.1 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 12.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Advanced Analogic… · near

36
Auden Techno · near

36
Stokely-Van Camp · this assignee

36
Ankh Life Sciences · near

36
Chunghwa Telecom · near

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Stokely-van's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% 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 Stokely-van?

Each dot is one of Stokely-van’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). Stokely-van’s own 14.0 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.

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

Where Stokely-van's grants concentrate

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 69.2% of grants classified under A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Stokely-van sits between Sprue Safety Products Ltd. and Stroma Medical Corporation.

Stokely-van's three-year grant acceleration

Stokely-Van Camp, 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.

Sprue Safety Prod…

13
Stefanplast S P A

13
Steffes

13
Stephen P Shoemak…

13
Strata Safety Pro…

13
Stratatech

13
Strathspey Crown

13
Stroma Medical

13
Stokely-van Camp ◀

13

What this shows Stokely-Van holds 13 patents at rank #21,846, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Stokely-Van

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,846 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Stokely-Van's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Stokely-Van, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Stokely-Van ranks #165 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (36 here).

Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated 36 Auden Techno Corp. 36 Ankh Life Sciences Limited 36 Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. 36

Stokely-van's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	30.8%
2016	2	15.4%
2018	3	23.1%
2019	1	7.7%
2020	1	7.7%
2023	1	7.7%
2024	1	7.7%

Which technologies does Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 9

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 9

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 5

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A23C - Dairy Products, e.g. Milk, Butter OR CHEESE; Milk OR Cheese SUBSTITUTES; Making OR Treatment Thereof 2

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 2

B67C - Cleaning, Filling With Liquids OR Semiliquids, OR Emptying, OF Bottles, Jars, Cans, Casks, Barrels, OR Similar Containers, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Funnels 2

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Stokely-Van Camp, Inc.'s lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 69.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #21,836 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Stokely-Van Camp, Inc. against Sprue Safety Products Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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