Where does Agar Corporation, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agar Corporation, Inc. ranks #30,766 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 Agar Corporation, Inc. hold?

Agar Corporation, Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Agar Corporation, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Agar Corporation, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th 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 Agar Corporation, Inc. focus on?

Agar Corporation, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 5 patents, ranking #2,660 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Agar Corporation, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agar Corporation, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Agar Corporation, Inc.'s patents?

Agar Corporation, Inc.'s patents average 15.6 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 Agar Corporation, 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

Agar Corporation, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 5 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agar ranks #30,766 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 5 technology areas.

#30,766
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30766 · US Corporation #30,766 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #30,766/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aerial Sphere
CPC-NARROW G01N · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aerial Sphere, 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 Agar’s 29.3 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 4.4 pts (15%) Breadth 7.9 pts (27%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Agar · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Agar's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th 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 Agar?

Each dot is one of Agar’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). Agar’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Agar's grants concentrate

Agar Corporation, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Agar sits between Aerial Sphere, LLC and Airhawk International, LLC.

Agar's three-year grant acceleration

Agar Corporation, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Aerial Sphere

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What this shows Agar holds 8 patents at rank #30,866, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agar

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,866 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Agar's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

29 30th percentile higher than 30% 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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Agar Corporation, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	25.0%
2018	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2020	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Agar Corporation, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 2

B01D - Separation 1

F22B - Methods OF Steam GENERATION; Steam Boilers 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

Top 5 of 5 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Agar Corporation, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agar Corporation, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #30,766 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agar Corporation, Inc. against Aerial Sphere, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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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