Overall rank by patents
#1,232
Across all tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 344 granted patents across 87 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A01D (HARVESTING; MOWING).
The verdict
AGCO holds 344 US patents across 87 technology areas, rank #1,232 of 50,000 tracked assignees.
AGCO Corporation has been granted 344 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing AGCO Corporation at rank #1,232 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 87 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.4 claims per patent with primary concentration in A01D (HARVESTING; MOWING). As a US Corporation, AGCO Corporation is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, AGCO sits between Cognex Corporation (346 patents, rank #1,228) and Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. (344 patents, rank #1,236) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 56.0/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 137 grants, compared with 207 in the 2015–2019 window, a -34% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.
Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. AGCO Corporation's 11.4 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 87 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark AGCO Corporation against peers pursuing similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
Cognex Corporation
346 patents
IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
346 patents
Endress+Hauser Flowtec AG
345 patents
VANGUARD INTERNATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
345 patents
Fujian Jinhua Integrated Circuit Co., Ltd.
344 patents
NAGRAVISION SARL
344 patents
NEC Platforms, Ltd.
344 patents
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.
344 patents
AGCO Corporation
344 patents
What this shows AGCO holds 344 patents at rank #1,232, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #1,232 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in AGCO's primary technology class.
AGCO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
56 Top 6% higher than 94% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 46 | 13.4% |
| 2016 | 39 | 11.3% |
| 2017 | 38 | 11.0% |
| 2018 | 35 | 10.2% |
| 2019 | 49 | 14.2% |
| 2020 | 26 | 7.6% |
| 2021 | 23 | 6.7% |
| 2022 | 20 | 5.8% |
| 2023 | 24 | 7.0% |
| 2024 | 15 | 4.4% |
| 2025 | 29 | 8.4% |
Top 15 of 87 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#1,232
Across all tracked assignees
56.0 out of 100
How to use this portfolio
AGCO's 344 grants land it in the top 6% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.
Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.
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.