Where does Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. ranks #6,629 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 Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. hold?

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.4 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. focus on?

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 37 patents, ranking #28 of 1,384 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

Is Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +94% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s patents average 19.6 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 Capstan Ag Systems, 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

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 16 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Capstan ranks #6,629 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 16 technology areas.

#6,629
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.4/100): 19.6
avg claims per patent: +94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6629 · US Corporation #6,629 · 50 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,629/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cascade
CPC-FOCUS B05B · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cascade 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 Capstan’s 45.4 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 (30%) Velocity 6.0 pts (13%) Breadth 14.1 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ceres · near

45
PureCircle Sdn Bhd · near

45
Capstan Systems · this assignee

45
HM CLAUSE · near

45
Kreg Enterprises · near

45
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Capstan's Innovation Score is 45.4/100 (top 23% 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 Capstan?

Each dot is one of Capstan’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). Capstan’s own 19.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Capstan's grants concentrate

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 74% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2016. By volume, Capstan sits between Chinese Research Academy OF Environmental Sciences and Cytiva BioProcess R&D AB.

Capstan's three-year grant acceleration

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Chinese Research…

50
Chipbond Technolo…

50
Coavis

50
CSIR

50
Cascade

50
Coinplug

50
Crucible Intellec…

50
Cytiva Bioprocess…

50
Capstan Systems ◀

50

What this shows Capstan holds 50 patents at rank #6,635, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Capstan

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,635 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Capstan, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B05B (Spraying Apparatus), Capstan ranks #28 of 1,384 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (45 here).

Kreg Enterprises, Inc. 45 HM.CLAUSE, Inc. 45 PureCircle Sdn Bhd 45 Ceres, Inc. 45

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.6 here).

Ferroelectric Memory GmbH 19.6 avg Roche Glycart AG 19.6 avg Inmar Clearing, Inc. 19.6 avg Entropic Communications, LLC 19.6 avg

Capstan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

45 Top 23% higher than 77% 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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Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	4.0%
2017	4	8.0%
2018	5	10.0%
2019	5	10.0%
2020	8	16.0%
2021	6	12.0%
2022	4	8.0%
2023	7	14.0%
2024	6	12.0%
2025partial year	3	6.0%

Which technologies does Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 37

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 28

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 13

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 10

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 5

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 3

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

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 2

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 2

Top 15 of 16 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

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Capstan Ag Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 74% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #6,629 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Capstan Ag Systems, Inc. against Chinese Research Academy OF Environmental Sciences, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.4/100 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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