Where does Upfield Europe B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Upfield Europe B.V. ranks #15,039 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 Upfield Europe B.V. hold?

Upfield Europe B.V. holds 20 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Upfield Europe B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Upfield Europe B.V. has an Innovation Score of 45.6 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Upfield Europe B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Upfield Europe B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +1800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Upfield Europe B.V.'s patents?

Upfield Europe B.V.'s patents average 15.8 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 Upfield Europe B.V. 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 Foreign Corporation

Upfield Europe B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Upfield Europe B.V. focus on?

Upfield Europe B.V.'s top technology area is A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils) with 18 patents. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Upfield ranks #15,039 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 10 technology areas.

#15,039
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.6/100): 15.8
avg claims per patent: +1800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15039 · Foreign Corporation #15,039 · 20 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 20 grants
MID-PACK #15,039/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH UdiSense
CPC-FOCUS A23D · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: UdiSense 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Upfield Europe B V · this assignee

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Upfield's Innovation Score is 45.6/100 (top 23% 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.

Where Upfield's grants concentrate

Upfield Europe B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 90% of grants classified under A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Upfield sits between Universite DE Technologie DE Compiegne and Universal Research Solutions, LLC.

Upfield's three-year grant acceleration

Upfield Europe B.V. shows 13 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Universite DE DE…

20
Universite Toulou…

20
University OF Hyo…

20
Uniwersytet Warsz…

20
UPMC

20
Udisense

20
Unichem Laborator…

20
Universal Researc…

20
Upfield Europe B V ◀

20

What this shows Upfield holds 20 patents at rank #15,025, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Upfield

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,025 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats)

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

Upfield's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Upfield Europe B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	5.0%
2020	3	15.0%
2021	3	15.0%
2022	8	40.0%
2023	3	15.0%
2024	2	10.0%

Which technologies does Upfield Europe B.V. patent most?

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 18

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 4

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

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

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

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

Top 10 of 10 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#15,039

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

45.6 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Upfield Europe B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Upfield Europe B.V.'s lead technology class is A23D (Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils), 90% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23D
Ranked #15,039 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Upfield Europe B.V. against Universite DE Technologie DE Compiegne, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.6/100 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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