Where does THE Middleby Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), THE Middleby Corporation ranks #15,691 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 THE Middleby Corporation hold?

THE Middleby Corporation holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is THE Middleby Corporation's Innovation Score?

THE Middleby Corporation has an Innovation Score of 38.2 out of 100 (top 41% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does THE Middleby Corporation focus on?

THE Middleby Corporation's top technology area is A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking) with 18 patents, ranking #1 of 84 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is THE Middleby Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

THE Middleby Corporation's recent grant velocity is -20% 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 THE Middleby Corporation's patents?

THE Middleby Corporation's patents average 20.8 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 THE Middleby Corporation 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

THE Middleby Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 8 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: A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, THE ranks #15,691 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 8 technology areas.

#15,691
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 41%
by Innovation Score (38.2/100): 20.8
avg claims per patent: -20%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15691 · US Corporation #15,691 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,691/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Techmah Medical
CPC-NARROW A21B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -20% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Techmah Medical 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.

How THE’s 38.2 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 5.3 pts (14%) Breadth 10.0 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.5 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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THE Middleby · this assignee

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What this shows THE's Innovation Score is 38.2/100 (top 41% 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 THE?

Each dot is one of THE’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). THE’s own 20.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where THE's grants concentrate

THE Middleby Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 94.7% of grants classified under A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, THE sits between Techmah Medical LLC and Tianjin Polytechnic University.

THE's three-year grant acceleration

THE Middleby Corporation shows 4 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.

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What this shows THE holds 19 patents at rank #15,676, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near THE

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,676 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21B (Bakers' Ovens)

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

THE's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 41% higher than 59% 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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THE Middleby Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	5.3%
2017	3	15.8%
2018	5	26.3%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	2	10.5%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	2	10.5%
2025partial year	1	5.3%

Which technologies does THE Middleby Corporation patent most?

A21B - Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking 18

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 7

F23D - Burners 3

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

F23N - Regulating OR Controlling Combustion 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 2

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 2

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 2

Top 8 of 8 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

THE Middleby Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

THE Middleby Corporation's lead technology class is A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking), 94.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21B
Ranked #15,691 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare THE Middleby Corporation against Techmah Medical LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.2/100 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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