Where does Ceres Imaging, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Ceres Imaging, Inc. ranks #34,711 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 Ceres Imaging, Inc. hold?

Ceres Imaging, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Ceres Imaging, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.3 out of 100 (top 47% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Ceres Imaging, Inc. focus on?

Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 4 patents, ranking #154 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

Is Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Ceres Imaging, 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 Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s patents?

Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s patents average 18.9 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 Ceres Imaging, 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

Ceres Imaging, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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, Ceres ranks #34,711 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 10 technology areas.

#34,711
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.3/100): 18.9
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R34711 · US Corporation #34,711 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #34,711/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Centaur Analytics
CPC-FOCUS A01G · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Centaur Analytics, 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 Ceres’s 36.3 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 (20%) Velocity 6.7 pts (18%) Breadth 11.2 pts (31%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ceres Imaging · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Ceres's Innovation Score is 36.3/100 (top 47% 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 Ceres?

Each dot is one of Ceres’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). Ceres’s own 18.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Ceres's grants concentrate

Ceres Imaging, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Ceres sits between Centaur Analytics, Inc. and ChemPartner Corporation.

Ceres's three-year grant acceleration

Ceres Imaging, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Centaur Analytics

7
Centipede Systems

7
Centre de Coopera…

7
Centripetal Enter…

7
Chakrabarti Advan…

7
Chanyu Holdings

7
Chasm Advanced Ma…

7
Chempartner

7
Ceres Imaging ◀

7

What this shows Ceres holds 7 patents at rank #34,812, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Ceres

By rank, the assignees closest to #34,812 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Ceres's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Ceres Imaging, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	28.6%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%
2023	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Ceres Imaging, Inc. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 4

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 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 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H10H - Inorganic Light-emitting Semiconductor Devices Having Potential Barriers 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ceres Imaging, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #34,711 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Ceres Imaging, Inc. against Centaur Analytics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.3/100 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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