USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Deere & Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,926 granted patents across 225 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A01D (HARVESTING; MOWING).

Compiled byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

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3,926

Total patents granted

225

CPC technology areas

15.7

Avg claims per patent

+81%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Deere holds 3,926 US patents across 225 technology areas, rank #93 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#93
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 0.1%
by Innovation Score (70.1/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +81%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Deere & Company has been granted 3,926 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Deere & Company at rank #93 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 225 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 15.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A01D (HARVESTING; MOWING). As a US Corporation, Deere & Company is one of the broader-portfolio assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Deere sits between Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (3,986 patents, rank #89) and Xerox Corporation (3,772 patents, rank #97) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 70.1/100 blends portfolio volume, filing velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.

Filing cadence tells the strategic story. Between 2020 and 2025 the company received 2,529 grants, compared with 1,397 in the 2015–2019 window, a +81% shift in five-year velocity. An acceleration of this magnitude signals aggressive R&D investment and expanding technical ambition. The US Corporation classification further shapes interpretation, since corporate, government, and individual filers pursue patents for materially different reasons.

Claim depth and technology breadth together indicate competitive posture. Deere & Company's 15.7 average claims per patent sits within the typical range for solid legal coverage without excessive prosecution cost, while a diversified footprint across 100+ CPC subclasses spreads risk across many technology fronts. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Deere & Company against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

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3,986
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3,977
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3,956
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3,953
Deere & ◀

3,926
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3,882
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3,797
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3,784
Xerox

3,772

What this shows Deere holds 3,926 patents at rank #93, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Deere

By rank, the assignees closest to #93 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

Deere's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

70 Top 1% higher than 99% of 50,000 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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Deere & Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	246	6.3%
2016	260	6.6%
2017	287	7.3%
2018	257	6.5%
2019	347	8.8%
2020	430	11.0%
2021	431	11.0%
2022	405	10.3%
2023	453	11.5%
2024	425	10.8%
2025	385	9.8%

Which technologies does Deere & Company patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; MOWING 939

A01B - SOIL WORKING IN AGRICULTURE OR FORESTRY; PARTS, DETAILS, OR ACCESSORIES OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINES OR IMPLEMENTS, IN GENERAL 724

E02F - DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING 487

A01F - PROCESSING OF HARVESTED PRODUCE; HAY OR STRAW PRESSES; DEVICES FOR STORING AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE 408

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING 404

F16H - GEARING 322

B60K - ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GAS EXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY 321

B62D - MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS 302

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 283

B60Y - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO ASPECTS CROSS-CUTTING VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY 257

B60W - CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT 232

Y02T - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION 191

F15B - SYSTEMS ACTING BY MEANS OF FLUIDS IN GENERAL; FLUID-PRESSURE ACTUATORS, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; DETAILS OF FLUID-PRESSURE SYSTEMS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 164

A01M - CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS ; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS 140

G06F - ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING 132

Top 15 of 225 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Strong

Tech Breadth Diversified

Claim Depth Standard

Velocity Accelerating

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#93

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

70.1 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

Frequently Asked Questions

How many patents does Deere & Company hold?

Deere & Company holds 3,926 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 225 technology areas.

What is Deere & Company's Innovation Score?

Deere & Company has an Innovation Score of 70.1 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Deere & Company focus on?

Deere & Company's top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; MOWING) with 939 patents. The company has filed patents in 225 CPC subclasses total.

Is Deere & Company's patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Deere & Company's recent filing velocity is +81% compared to the prior five-year period. This indicates accelerating innovation.

What does claim depth mean for Deere & Company's patents?

Deere & Company's patents average 15.7 claims each. This falls within the standard range, providing solid legal coverage.

How is the Deere & 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.

How to use this portfolio

Deere's 3,926 grants land it in the top 0.1% by Innovation Score, but volume alone doesn't tell you where the strength sits.

Read that count against the largest US assignees before treating it as dominance - Deere ranks #93 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A01D - see who else leads that technology area. A01D leaders
Check what the four-part Innovation Score actually rewards before comparing it to another company. How the score works

Patent counts and the Innovation Score measure patenting activity, not commercial success or the legal strength of any patent. Many patents are filed defensively. Verify the status of an individual patent against official USPTO records.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent Editorial

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 byPlainPatent Editorial, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Team · May 15, 2026

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.