Where does Basf Agro B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Basf Agro B.V. ranks #4,864 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 Basf Agro B.V. hold?

Basf Agro B.V. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 22 technology areas.

What is Basf Agro B.V.'s Innovation Score?

Basf Agro B.V. has an Innovation Score of 45.1 out of 100 (top 24% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Basf Agro B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Basf Agro B.V.'s recent grant velocity is +56% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Basf Agro B.V.'s patents?

Basf Agro B.V.'s patents average 15.2 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 Basf Agro 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

Basf Agro B.V.

Q: What technology areas does Basf Agro B.V. focus on?

Basf Agro B.V.'s top technology area is 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) with 41 patents, ranking #32 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Basf ranks #4,864 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 22 technology areas.

#4,864
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 24%
by Innovation Score (45.1/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: +56%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4864 · Foreign Corporation #4,864 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,864/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Aclara
CPC-FOCUS A01N · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +56% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Aclara Technologies 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 Basf’s 45.1 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 14.8 pts (33%) Velocity 4.7 pts (10%) Breadth 16.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Basf Agro B V · this assignee

45
Bradford · near

45
Doosan · near

45
Euroimmun Medizinisc… · near

45
K-fee System · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Basf's Innovation Score is 45.1/100 (top 24% 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 Basf?

Each dot is one of Basf’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). Basf’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Basf's grants concentrate

Basf Agro B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 57.7% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Basf sits between Aclara Technologies LLC and Blast Motion Inc..

Basf's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Basf Agro B.V. moved from 30 to 21 grants (0.70x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Aclara

71
Allied Wheel Comp…

71
Avinger

71
Bandai

71
Beto Engineering…

71
Bionime

71
Bedford Industries

71
Blast Motion

71
Basf Agro B V ◀

71

What this shows Basf holds 71 patents at rank #4,864, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Basf

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,864 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Basf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…), Basf ranks #32 of 1,216 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG 45 Doosan Corporation 45 Bradford Company 45 K-fee System GMBH 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.2 here).

Samson Aktiengesellschaft 15.2 avg Hanmi Pharm. Co., Ltd. 15.2 avg Cameron Solutions, Inc. 15.2 avg Leidos, Inc. 15.2 avg

Basf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 24% higher than 76% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Basf Agro B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	1.4%
2017	2	2.8%
2018	10	14.1%
2019	12	16.9%
2020	6	8.5%
2021	12	16.9%
2022	10	14.1%
2023	4	5.6%
2024	7	9.9%
2025partial year	7	9.9%

Which technologies does Basf Agro B.V. patent most?

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 41

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 24

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 18

C12Y - Enzymes 14

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 9

C07B - General Methods OF Organic CHEMISTRY; Apparatus Therefor 6

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 5

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 4

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 2

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 2

C07K - Peptides 2

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 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Basf Agro B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Basf Agro B.V.'s lead technology class is 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), 57.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #4,864 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Basf Agro B.V. against Aclara Technologies LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.1/100 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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