Where does Yum Connect, Llc rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Yum Connect, Llc ranks #23,714 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Yum Connect, Llc hold?

Yum Connect, Llc holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Yum Connect, Llc's Innovation Score?

Yum Connect, Llc has an Innovation Score of 49.9 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Yum Connect, Llc's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Yum Connect, Llc.

What does claim depth mean for Yum Connect, Llc's patents?

Yum Connect, Llc's patents average 14.7 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 Yum Connect, 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

Yum Connect, Llc

Q: What technology areas does Yum Connect, Llc focus on?

Yum Connect, Llc's top technology area is B67D (DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR) with 4 patents. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: B67D (DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Yum ranks #23,714 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 12 technology areas.

#23,714
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.9/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23714 · US Corporation #23,714 · 12 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,714/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Yagi
CPC-FOCUS B67D · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Yagi Corp. (±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
Yum Connect · this assignee

50
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows Yum's Innovation Score is 49.9/100 (top 14% 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 Yum's grants concentrate

Yum Connect, Llc is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under B67D (DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Yum sits between YUAN LI Hsing Industrial Co., Ltd. and Zhangjiagang Kangde XIN Optronics Material Co., Ltd..

YUAN LI Hsing Ind…

12
Yagi

12
You Map

12
Yuan Pin Industri…

12
Zalman TECH

12
ZENG Hsing Indust…

12
Zeropoint AB

12
Zhangjiagang Kang…

12
Yum Connect ◀

12

What this shows Yum holds 12 patents at rank #23,701, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Yum

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,701 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B67D (Dispensing)

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

Yum's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Yum Connect, Llc patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	2	16.7%
2024	3	25.0%
2025partial year	7	58.3%

Which technologies does Yum Connect, Llc patent most?

B67D - DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 4

B65B - MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING 3

G06Q - INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 2

H04W - WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS 2

G07C - TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE 2

G07F - COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS 2

B67B - APPLYING CLOSURE MEMBERS TO BOTTLES JARS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; OPENING CLOSED CONTAINERS 2

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 2

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE 1

H04N - PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION 1

H04L - TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION 1

Top 12 of 12 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#23,714

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

49.9 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.