Where does Unitherm Food Systems, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unitherm Food Systems, LLC ranks #27,722 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 Unitherm Food Systems, LLC hold?

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's Innovation Score?

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.4 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Unitherm Food Systems, LLC focus on?

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's top technology area is A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking) with 6 patents, ranking #8 of 84 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's recent grant velocity is -89% 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 Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's patents?

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's patents average 10.7 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 Unitherm Food Systems, LLC 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

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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, Unitherm ranks #27,722 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#27,722
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.4/100): 10.7
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27722 · US Corporation #27,722 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,722/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ultra Sport Products
CPC-FOCUS A21B · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.4/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ultra Sport Products, 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 Unitherm’s 27.4 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 (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (46%) Claim depth 6.4 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Unitherm Food Systems · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Unitherm's Innovation Score is 27.4/100 (24th 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 Unitherm?

Each dot is one of Unitherm’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). Unitherm’s own 10.7 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Unitherm's grants concentrate

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Unitherm sits between Ultra Sport Products, LLC and Universite DE Caen Basse Normandie.

Ultra Sport Produ…

10
Unibind

10
Unify Medical

10
Uniscon Universal…

10
Univ Paris Xiii P…

10
Universitaet ZU L…

10
Universite D'avig…

10
Universite DE Cae…

10
Unitherm Food Sys… ◀

10

What this shows Unitherm holds 10 patents at rank #27,705, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unitherm

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,705 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21B (Bakers' Ovens)

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

Unitherm's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Unitherm Food Systems, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	30.0%
2016	4	40.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Unitherm Food Systems, LLC patent most?

A21B - Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking 6

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 6

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 6

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 6

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 3

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

A23N - Machines OR Apparatus FOR Treating Harvested Fruit, Vegetables OR Flower Bulbs IN Bulk, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Peeling Vegetables OR Fruit IN BULK; Apparatus FOR Preparing Animal Feeding- Stuffs 2

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

A62C - Fire-fighting 1

F26B - Drying Solid Materials OR Objects BY Removing Liquid Therefrom 1

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 1

F23D - Burners 1

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unitherm Food Systems, LLC's lead technology class is A21B (Bakers' OVENS; Machines OR Equipment FOR Baking), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21B
Ranked #27,722 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unitherm Food Systems, LLC against Ultra Sport Products, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.4/100 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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