Where does Cargill, Incorporated rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Cargill, Incorporated ranks #1,242 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 Cargill, Incorporated hold?

Cargill, Incorporated holds 341 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 99 technology areas.

What is Cargill, Incorporated's Innovation Score?

Cargill, Incorporated has an Innovation Score of 62.9 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Cargill, Incorporated's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Cargill, Incorporated's recent grant velocity is +29% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Cargill, Incorporated's patents?

Cargill, Incorporated's patents average 15.6 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 Cargill, Incorporated 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

Cargill, Incorporated

Q: What technology areas does Cargill, Incorporated focus on?

Cargill, Incorporated's top technology area is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof) with 100 patents, ranking #5 of 1,325 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 99 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 341 granted patents across 99 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: A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Cargill ranks #1,242 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 341 patents across 99 technology areas.

#1,242
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (62.9/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +29%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1242 · US Corporation #1,242 · 341 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 341 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,242/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH 8x8
CPC-WIDE A23L · 99 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +29% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: 8x8, Inc. (±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 Cargill’s 62.9 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 20.2 pts (32%) Velocity 8.4 pts (13%) Breadth 25.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 9.3 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shenzhen Goodix… · near

63
Cargill Incorporated · this assignee

63
Nippon Steel · near

63
Safran · near

63
Richtek Technology · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Cargill's Innovation Score is 62.9/100 (top 2% 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 Cargill?

Each dot is one of Cargill’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). Cargill’s own 15.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Cargill's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Cargill, Incorporated received 175 grants versus 136 in 2015–2019 (+29% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 46 grants and bottomed in 2017 at 20. Lead class A23L accounts for 29.3% of the portfolio across 99 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sonoco Development, Inc. (#1,238) and Wirtgen GmbH (#1,246).

Cargill's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Cargill, Incorporated moved from 91 to 115 grants (1.26x 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 #691. See the growth leaderboard.

Sonoco Development

344
Cox Communications

342
Hartford Fire Ins…

342
8x8

341
Exxon Mobil Techn…

341
Cargill Incorpora… ◀

341
Parallel Wireless

340
Sonova

340
Wirtgen

340

What this shows Cargill holds 341 patents at rank #1,242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Cargill

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,242 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A23L (Foods)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Cargill, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A23L (Foods), Cargill ranks #5 of 1,325 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

Safran 63 Nippon Steel Corporation 63 Richtek Technology Corporation 63 Shenzhen Goodix Technology Co., Ltd. 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.6 here).

Georgia State University Research Foundation 15.6 avg Superc-touch Corporation 15.6 avg Nasdaq, Inc. 15.6 avg Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. 15.6 avg

Cargill's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Cargill, Incorporated patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	28	8.2%
2016	26	7.6%
2017	20	5.9%
2018	31	9.1%
2019	31	9.1%
2020	32	9.4%
2021	28	8.2%
2022	30	8.8%
2023	46	13.5%
2024	39	11.4%
2025partial year	30	8.8%

Which technologies does Cargill, Incorporated patent most?

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 100

C12P - Fermentation OR Enzyme-using Processes TO Synthesise A Desired Chemical Compound OR Composition OR TO Separate Optical Isomers From A Racemic Mixture 87

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 72

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 61

C11B - Producing, e.g. BY Pressing RAW Materials OR BY Extraction From Waste Materials, Refining OR Preserving Fats, Fatty Substances, e.g. Lanolin, Fatty Oils OR WAXES; Essential OILS; Perfumes 58

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 46

C12Y - Enzymes 45

A23D - Edible Oils OR Fats, e.g. Margarines, Shortenings OR Cooking Oils 36

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 36

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 35

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 30

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 29

C11C - Fatty Acids From Fats, Oils OR WAXES; CANDLES; Fats, Oils OR Fatty Acids BY Chemical Modification OF Fats, Oils, OR Fatty Acids Obtained Therefrom 29

C08B - POLYSACCHARIDES; Derivatives Thereof 29

B01D - Separation 26

Top 15 of 99 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Cargill, Incorporated's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Cargill, Incorporated's lead technology class is A23L (Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof), 29.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A23L
Ranked #1,242 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Cargill, Incorporated against Sonoco Development, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.9/100 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.

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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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