Where does Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company ranks #3,054 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 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company hold?

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company holds 125 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's Innovation Score?

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company has an Innovation Score of 46.0 out of 100 (top 22% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's patents?

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's patents average 7.8 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 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company 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

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company

Q: What technology areas does Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company focus on?

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's top technology area is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof) with 37 patents, ranking #5 of 237 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 125 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Wm. ranks #3,054 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 125 patents across 31 technology areas.

#3,054
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 22%
by Innovation Score (46.0/100): 7.8
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3054 · US Corporation #3,054 · 125 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 125 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,054/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Stichting Imec…
CPC-FOCUS A23G · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Stichting Imec Nederland (±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 Wm.’s 46.0 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 16.7 pts (36%) Velocity 4.9 pts (11%) Breadth 19.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 4.7 pts (10%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Freni Brembo S P A · near

46
Tohoku Pioneer · near

46
Rani Therapeutics · near

46
Wm Wrigley Jr · this assignee

46
Future Motion · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Wm.'s Innovation Score is 46.0/100 (top 22% 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 Wm.?

Each dot is one of Wm.’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). Wm.’s own 7.8 claims/patent is at or below the 16.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Wm.'s grants concentrate

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 29.6% of grants classified under A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (21 grants) versus a trough of 6 in 2023. By volume, Wm. sits between Stichting Imec Nederland and Avaya Management L.P..

Wm.'s three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company moved from 30 to 22 grants (0.73x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,040. See the growth leaderboard.

Stichting Imec Ne…

125
UCL Business

125
Université Laval

125
V-nova Internatio…

125
Wm Wrigley Jr ◀

125
ASM Technology Si…

124
Acceleron Pharma

124
Arianegroup SAS

124
Avaya Management

124

What this shows Wm. holds 125 patents at rank #3,054, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Wm

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,054 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23G (Cocoa)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Wm, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23G (Cocoa), Wm ranks #5 of 237 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

Rani Therapeutics, LLC 46 Freni Brembo S.P.A. 46 Tohoku Pioneer Corporation 46 Future Motion, Inc. 46

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (7.8 here).

Ablic Inc. 7.8 avg Taiyuan University OF Technology 7.8 avg Jeld-wen, Inc. 7.8 avg Azbil Corporation 7.8 avg

Wm.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 22% higher than 78% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	8.8%
2016	18	14.4%
2017	15	12.0%
2018	21	16.8%
2019	8	6.4%
2020	10	8.0%
2021	12	9.6%
2022	9	7.2%
2023	6	4.8%
2024	7	5.6%
2025partial year	8	6.4%

Which technologies does Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company patent most?

A23G - COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof 37

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 21

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 13

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 8

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 8

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 6

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

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 3

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 3

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 3

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 3

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

A23B - Preservation OF Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic BEVERAGES; Chemical Ripening OF Fruit OR Vegetables 2

Top 15 of 31 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

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's lead technology class is A23G (COCOA; Cocoa Products, e.g. CHOCOLATE; Substitutes FOR Cocoa OR Cocoa PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; Chewing GUM; ICE-CREAM; Preparation Thereof), 29.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23G
Ranked #3,054 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company against Stichting Imec Nederland, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.0/100 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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