Where does Central Garden & PET Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Central Garden & PET Company ranks #6,631 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 Central Garden & PET Company hold?

Central Garden & PET Company holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 16 technology areas.

What is Central Garden & PET Company's Innovation Score?

Central Garden & PET Company has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Central Garden & PET Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Central Garden & PET Company's recent grant velocity is -12% 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 Central Garden & PET Company's patents?

Central Garden & PET Company's patents average 8.1 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 Central Garden & PET 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

Central Garden & PET Company

Q: What technology areas does Central Garden & PET Company focus on?

Central Garden & PET Company's top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 15 patents, ranking #55 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 16 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 16 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Central ranks #6,631 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 16 technology areas.

#6,631
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 8.1
avg claims per patent: -12%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6631 · US Corporation #6,631 · 50 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,631/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Barrette Outdoor…
CPC-FOCUS A01K · 16 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -12% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Barrette Outdoor Living, 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 Central’s 52.6 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 (26%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 14.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 4.9 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Accuray Incorporated · near

53
Central Garden & PET · this assignee

53
Ecosense Lighting · near

53
Electrolux do Brasil · near

53
Garuda Technology · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Central's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 Central?

Each dot is one of Central’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). Central’s own 8.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Central's grants concentrate

Central Garden & PET Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 16 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Central sits between Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. and Coavis.

Central's three-year grant acceleration

Central Garden & PET Company shows 19 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

Barrette Outdoor…

50
Beigene

50
Bradford

50
British Columbia…

50
Chdi Foundation

50
Chinese Research…

50
Chipbond Technolo…

50
Coavis

50
Central Garden &… ◀

50

What this shows Central holds 50 patents at rank #6,629, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Central

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,629 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Central, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01K (Animal Husbandry), Central ranks #55 of 1,035 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Garuda Technology Co., Ltd. 53 Electrolux do Brasil S.A. 53 Ecosense Lighting Inc. 53 Accuray Incorporated 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.1 here).

Toyo Seikan Co., Ltd. 8.1 avg Ford Motor Company 8.1 avg Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. 8.1 avg Zhejiang University OF Technology 8.1 avg

Central's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Central Garden & PET Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	18.0%
2016	8	16.0%
2017	7	14.0%
2019	2	4.0%
2020	3	6.0%
2021	1	2.0%
2022	13	26.0%
2023	2	4.0%
2024	4	8.0%
2025partial year	1	2.0%

Which technologies does Central Garden & PET Company patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 15

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 4

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 3

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 3

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 1

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

B25G - Handles FOR Hand Implements 1

C05F - Organic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05c, e.g. Fertilisers From Waste OR Refuse 1

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

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

Central Garden & PET Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Central Garden & PET Company's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #6,631 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Central Garden & PET Company against Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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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