Where does Billy Goat Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Billy Goat Industries, Inc. ranks #34,475 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 Billy Goat Industries, Inc. hold?

Billy Goat Industries, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Billy Goat Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 25.4 out of 100 (17th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s patents average 14.9 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 Billy Goat Industries, Inc. 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

Billy Goat Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Billy Goat Industries, Inc. focus on?

Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 3 patents, ranking #200 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Billy ranks #34,475 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#34,475
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 17th percentile
by Innovation Score (25.4/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34475 · US Corporation #34,475 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,475/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH BHS-Sonthofen
CPC-NARROW A01G · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 25.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: BHS-Sonthofen GmbH (±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 Billy’s 25.4 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 7.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Billy Goat Industries · this assignee

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Hysolate · near

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Yuyao Yuchang… · near

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Teenage Engineering AB · near

25
Ye Xin Technology… · near

25
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Billy's Innovation Score is 25.4/100 (17th 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 Billy?

Each dot is one of Billy’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). Billy’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Billy's grants concentrate

Billy Goat Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Billy sits between BHS-Sonthofen GmbH and Bioalliance C.V..

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What this shows Billy holds 7 patents at rank #34,433, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Billy

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,433 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Billy, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01G (Horticulture), Billy ranks #200 of 635 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (25 here).

Hysolate Ltd. 25 Yuyao Yuchang Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd. 25 Ye Xin Technology Consulting Co., Ltd. 25 Teenage Engineering AB 25

Billy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

25 17th percentile higher than 17% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Billy Goat Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2020	3	42.9%

Which technologies does Billy Goat Industries, Inc. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 3

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 3

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

E01H - Street CLEANING; Cleaning OF Permanent WAYS; Cleaning BEACHES; Dispersing ; OR PREVENTING; FOG IN General ; Cleaning Street OR Railway Furniture OR Tunnel Walls 2

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Billy Goat Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #34,475 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Billy Goat Industries, Inc. against BHS-Sonthofen GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 25.4/100 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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