Where does Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. ranks #31,266 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 Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. hold?

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -86% 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 Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s patents?

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s patents average 27.0 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 Compass Minerais Manitoba 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 Foreign Corporation

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. focus on?

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s top technology area is 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) with 6 patents, ranking #18 of 140 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: 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-).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Compass ranks #31,266 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 9 technology areas.

#31,266
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 27.0
avg claims per patent: -86%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31266 · Foreign Corporation #31,266 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,266/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Columbia Cascade
CPC-NARROW C05G · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -86% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Columbia Cascade Company (±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 Compass’s 33.2 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 7.6 pts (23%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (32%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (45%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Compass Minerais… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Compass's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 Compass?

Each dot is one of Compass’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). Compass’s own 27.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Compass's grants concentrate

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under 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-). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Compass sits between Columbia Cascade Company and Confidex Oy.

Columbia Cascade

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8
Commando Pressure…

8
Compagnie Industr…

8
Composite Solutio…

8
Compressus

8
Comsys AB

8
Confidex Oy

8
Compass Minerais… ◀

8

What this shows Compass holds 8 patents at rank #31,312, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Compass

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,312 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C05G (Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different…)

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

Compass's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	37.5%
2016	2	25.0%
2017	1	12.5%
2019	1	12.5%
2021	1	12.5%

Which technologies does Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. patent most?

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 6

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 4

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 4

C05C - Nitrogenous Fertilisers 3

C05D - Inorganic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 1

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

Top 9 of 9 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

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc.'s lead technology class is 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-), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C05G
Ranked #31,266 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Compass Minerais Manitoba Inc. against Columbia Cascade Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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