Where does Archer-daniels-midland Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Archer-daniels-midland Company ranks #2,219 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 Archer-daniels-midland Company hold?

Archer-daniels-midland Company holds 177 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 73 technology areas.

What is Archer-daniels-midland Company's Innovation Score?

Archer-daniels-midland Company has an Innovation Score of 54.0 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Archer-daniels-midland Company focus on?

Archer-daniels-midland Company's top technology area is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds) with 67 patents, ranking #57 of 2,691 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 73 CPC subclasses total.

Is Archer-daniels-midland Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Archer-daniels-midland Company's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Archer-daniels-midland Company's patents?

Archer-daniels-midland Company's patents average 13.4 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 Archer-daniels-midland Company 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

Archer-daniels-midland Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 177 granted patents across 73 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Archer-daniels-midland ranks #2,219 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 177 patents across 73 technology areas.

#2,219
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.0/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2219 · US Corporation #2,219 · 177 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 177 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,219/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Acco Brands
CPC-WIDE C07C · 73 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Acco Brands Corporation (±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 Archer-daniels-midland’s 54.0 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 17.9 pts (33%) Velocity 3.0 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (46%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Archer-daniels-midland · this assignee

54
Bae Systems… · near

54
Clearpath Robotics · near

54
Thyssenkrupp… · near

54
Safran Aero Boosters · near

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Archer-daniels-midland's Innovation Score is 54.0/100 (top 8% 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 Archer-daniels-midland?

Each dot is one of Archer-daniels-midland’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). Archer-daniels-midland’s own 13.4 claims/patent is at or below the 15.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

Archer-daniels-midland vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

How Archer-daniels-midland's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Archer-daniels-midland Company received 51 grants versus 120 in 2015–2019 (-57% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 33 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 4. Lead class C07C accounts for 37.9% of the portfolio across 73 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. (#2,215) and SMR Patents S.à.r.l. (#2,223).

Archer-daniels-midland's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Archer-daniels-midland Company moved from 46 to 21 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,783. See the growth leaderboard.

Topcon Positionin…

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Uacj

178
Upm-kymmene

178
Acco Brands

177
Bright Data

177
Interface Optoele…

177
LS Electric

177
SMR Patents S à r…

177
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177

What this shows Archer-daniels-midland holds 177 patents at rank #2,219, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Archer-daniels-midland

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,219 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Archer-daniels-midland's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Archer-daniels-midland, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), Archer-daniels-midland ranks #57 of 2,691 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG 54 Clearpath Robotics Inc. 54 Bae Systems Hägglunds Aktiebolag 54 Safran Aero Boosters 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.4 here).

Akebono Brake Industry Co., Ltd. 13.4 avg Lite-on Electronics (GUANGZHOU) Limited 13.4 avg Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG 13.4 avg TRW Limited 13.4 avg

Archer-daniels-midland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Archer-daniels-midland Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	20	11.3%
2016	33	18.6%
2017	24	13.6%
2018	27	15.3%
2019	16	9.0%
2020	18	10.2%
2021	12	6.8%
2022	5	2.8%
2023	4	2.3%
2024	12	6.8%
2025partial year	6	3.4%

Which technologies does Archer-daniels-midland Company patent most?

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 67

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 65

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 55

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 33

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 29

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 23

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 22

B01D - Separation 20

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 14

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 13

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 12

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 11

C12Y - Enzymes 10

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 9

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 9

Top 15 of 73 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

Archer-daniels-midland Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Archer-daniels-midland Company's lead technology class is C07C (Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds), 37.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C07C
Ranked #2,219 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Archer-daniels-midland Company against Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.0/100 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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