Where does Amvac Chemical Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Amvac Chemical Corporation ranks #6,502 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 Amvac Chemical Corporation hold?

Amvac Chemical Corporation holds 51 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Amvac Chemical Corporation's Innovation Score?

Amvac Chemical Corporation has an Innovation Score of 48.4 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Amvac Chemical Corporation focus on?

Amvac Chemical Corporation's top technology area is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising) with 26 patents, ranking #12 of 276 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Is Amvac Chemical Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Amvac Chemical Corporation's recent grant velocity is +245% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Amvac Chemical Corporation's patents?

Amvac Chemical Corporation's patents average 13.5 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 Amvac Chemical Corporation 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

Amvac Chemical Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 51 granted patents across 31 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Amvac ranks #6,502 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 51 patents across 31 technology areas.

#6,502
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.4/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent: +245%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6502 · US Corporation #6,502 · 51 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 51 grants
UPPER-Q #6,502/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 22nd Century
CPC-FOCUS A01C · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +245% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 22nd Century Limited, 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 Amvac’s 48.4 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 13.6 pts (28%) Velocity 7.0 pts (14%) Breadth 19.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Amvac Chemical · this assignee

48
Jtekt Europe · near

48
Lutronic · near

48
Sanford Burnham… · near

48
Trinity Industrial · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Amvac's Innovation Score is 48.4/100 (top 17% 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 Amvac?

Each dot is one of Amvac’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). Amvac’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Amvac's grants concentrate

Amvac Chemical Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 51% of grants classified under A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (10 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Amvac sits between Uniwersytet Jagiellonski and Bauer Maschinen GmbH.

Amvac's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Amvac Chemical Corporation moved from 22 to 23 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Uniwersytet Jagie…

52
22nd Century

51
Adama Makhteshim

51
Alphatheta

51
AST & Science

51
Agenus

51
Analytics For Life

51
Bauer Maschinen

51
Amvac Chemical ◀

51

What this shows Amvac holds 51 patents at rank #6,501, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Amvac

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,501 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01C (Planting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Amvac, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01C (Planting), Amvac ranks #12 of 276 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Trinity Industrial Corporation 48 Lutronic Corporation 48 Jtekt Europe 48 Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.5 here).

Jiangsu Midea Cleaning Appliances Co., Ltd. 13.5 avg Refractory Intellectual Property GMBH & Co. KG 13.5 avg The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology 13.5 avg Chanel Parfums Beaute 13.5 avg

Amvac's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Amvac Chemical Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	3.9%
2018	2	3.9%
2019	7	13.7%
2020	5	9.8%
2021	10	19.6%
2022	10	19.6%
2023	7	13.7%
2024	6	11.8%
2025partial year	2	3.9%

Which technologies does Amvac Chemical Corporation patent most?

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 26

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 20

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 14

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 10

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 8

C05F - Organic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05c, e.g. Fertilisers From Waste OR Refuse 7

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 7

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 6

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 6

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 5

C12R - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses C12c - C12q, Relating TO Microorganisms 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 4

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 4

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

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

Amvac Chemical Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Amvac Chemical Corporation's lead technology class is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising), 51% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01C
Ranked #6,502 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Amvac Chemical Corporation against Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.4/100 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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