USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 203 granted patents across 32 technology areas, active 2015–2025. Filing-trend and competitive-moat analysis cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search. Primary class: A01K (ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS).

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

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203

Total patents granted

CPC technology areas

5.5

Avg claims per patent

-31%

5-year filing velocity

The verdict

Doskocil holds 203 US patents across 32 technology areas, rank #1,976 of 50,000 tracked assignees.

#1,976
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 25%
by Innovation Score (44.5/100): 5.5
avg claims per patent: -31%
filing velocity, last 5 yrs

Portfolio overview

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. has been granted 203 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. at rank #1,976 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 32 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 5.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A01K (ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS). As a US Corporation, Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Doskocil sits between The Noco Company (204 patents, rank #1,972) and BP Corporation North America Inc. (202 patents, rank #1,980) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 44.5/100 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 83 grants, compared with 120 in the 2015–2019 window, a -31% shift in five-year velocity. A cooling filing rate may reflect portfolio consolidation, shifting priorities, or reduced R&D throughput. 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. Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s 5.5 average claims per patent suggests focused, narrowly drawn claims typical of single-invention filings, while a multi-domain presence across 32 subclasses balances depth with breadth. Combined with portfolio volume, these signals let analysts, investors, and licensing professionals benchmark Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. against peers pursuing similar technology classes.

The Noco

204
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204
Albert Einstein C…

203
Carbon

203
Tridonic & KG

203
University of Not…

203
Virginia Commonwe…

203
Doskocil Manufact… ◀

203
BP North America

202

What this shows Doskocil holds 203 patents at rank #1,976, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Doskocil

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,976 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Doskocil's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 25% higher than 75% 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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Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	11	5.4%
2016	13	6.4%
2017	35	17.2%
2018	32	15.8%
2019	29	14.3%
2020	25	12.3%
2021	18	8.9%
2022	12	5.9%
2023	11	5.4%
2024	7	3.4%
2025	10	4.9%

Which technologies does Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. patent most?

A01K - ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS 71

B29C - SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING 5

E06B - FIXED OR MOVABLE CLOSURES FOR OPENINGS IN BUILDINGS, VEHICLES, FENCES OR LIKE ENCLOSURES IN GENERAL, e.g. DOORS, WINDOWS, BLINDS, GATES 5

Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION 5

B65H - HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES 4

B29K - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES B29B, B29C OR B29D, RELATING TO MOULDING MATERIALS OR TO MATERIALS FOR ; MOULDS, ; REINFORCEMENTS, FILLERS OR PREFORMED PARTS, e.g. INSERTS 3

A63H - TOYS, e.g. TOPS, DOLLS, HOOPS OR BUILDING BLOCKS 3

E05Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF 3

E05D - HINGES OR SUSPENSION DEVICES FOR DOORS, WINDOWS OR WINGS 3

B29L - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES 2

B60P - VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS 2

F16B - DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING 2

E05C - BOLTS OR FASTENING DEVICES FOR WINGS, SPECIALLY FOR DOORS OR WINDOWS 2

F16C - SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS 2

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 2

Top 15 of 32 technology areas

Patent Moat Analysis

Portfolio Volume Moderate

Tech Breadth Multi-domain

Claim Depth Simple

Velocity Declining

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#1,976

Across all tracked assignees

Innovation Score

44.5 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 Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. hold?

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. holds 203 US granted patents filed between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 44.5 out of 100. This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), filing velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc. focus on?

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'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 71 patents. The company has filed patents in 32 CPC subclasses total.

Is Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patent filing rate increasing or decreasing?

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s recent filing velocity is -31% compared to the prior five-year period. Filing activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents?

Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.'s patents average 5.5 claims each. This is relatively simple claim structure, typical for focused inventions.

How is the Doskocil Manufacturing Company, 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.

How to use this portfolio

Doskocil's 203 grants land it in the top 25% 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 - Doskocil ranks #1,976 of 50,000. Top 50 holders
Most of this portfolio concentrates in A01K - see who else leads that technology area. A01K 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.