Where does The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. ranks #13,731 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 Yankee Candle Company, Inc. hold?

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.5 out of 100 (38th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +44% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s patents?

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s patents average 6.0 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 The Yankee Candle Company, 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

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. focus on?

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 4 patents, ranking #942 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 10 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: 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 F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #13,731 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 10 technology areas.

#13,731
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.5/100): 6.0
avg claims per patent: +44%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13731 · US Corporation #13,731 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,731/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH TeliaSonera AB
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.5/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +44% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: TeliaSonera AB (±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 31.5 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 10.8 pts (34%) Velocity 5.8 pts (18%) Breadth 11.2 pts (36%) Claim depth 3.6 pts (11%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Yankee Candle · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 31.5/100 (38th 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 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 6.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 18.2% of grants classified under 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 F). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, The sits between TeliaSonera AB and Trans Astronautica Corporation.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Teliasonera AB

22
The Government of…

22
The Government of…

22
The United States…

22
Thomas Magnete

22
Tidalscale

22
Tindall

22
Trans Astronautica

22
The Yankee Candle ◀

22

What this shows The holds 22 patents at rank #13,743, 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 #13,743 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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)

31 38th percentile higher than 38% 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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The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.6%
2016	3	13.6%
2017	1	4.5%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	3	13.6%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	4	18.2%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	2	9.1%

Which technologies does The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. patent most?

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 4

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 3

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 2

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F23D - Burners 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

Top 10 of 10 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 Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.'s lead technology class is 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 F), 18.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #13,731 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare The Yankee Candle Company, Inc. against TeliaSonera AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.5/100 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

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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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