Where does Agco Netherlands B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Agco Netherlands B.V. ranks #34,113 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 Agco Netherlands B.V. hold?

Agco Netherlands B.V. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Agco Netherlands B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Agco Netherlands B.V. has an Innovation Score of 24.5 out of 100 (15th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Agco Netherlands B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Agco Netherlands B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Agco Netherlands B.V.'s patents?

Agco Netherlands B.V.'s patents average 11.1 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 Agco Netherlands 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

Agco Netherlands B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Agco Netherlands B.V. focus on?

Agco Netherlands B.V.'s top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 7 patents, ranking #45 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Agco ranks #34,113 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#34,113
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 15th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.5/100): 11.1
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34113 · Foreign Corporation #34,113 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,113/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH AFJ Industries
CPC-NARROW A01M · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: AFJ Industries, 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 Agco’s 24.5 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 7.2 pts (29%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (43%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (27%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Agco Netherlands B V · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Agco's Innovation Score is 24.5/100 (15th 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 Agco?

Each dot is one of Agco’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). Agco’s own 11.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Agco's grants concentrate

Agco Netherlands B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Agco sits between AFJ Industries, LLC and AI Metrics, LLC.

AFJ Industries

7
Aftx

7
AFW Holding

7
Focus

7
Agents AIR

7
Agile Wind Power

7
AI Biomed

7
AI Metrics

7
Agco Netherlands… ◀

7

What this shows Agco holds 7 patents at rank #34,084, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Agco

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,084 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

24 15th percentile higher than 15% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Agco Netherlands B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	2	28.6%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Agco Netherlands B.V. patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 7

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 5

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Agco Netherlands B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Agco Netherlands B.V.'s lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #34,113 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Agco Netherlands B.V. against AFJ Industries, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.5/100 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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