Where does Droneseed Co. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Droneseed Co. ranks #46,295 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 Droneseed Co. hold?

Droneseed Co. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2024, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Droneseed Co.'s Innovation Score?

Droneseed Co. has an Innovation Score of 49.2 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Droneseed Co. focus on?

Droneseed Co.'s top technology area is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising) with 4 patents, ranking #85 of 276 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

Is Droneseed Co.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Droneseed Co.'s recent grant velocity is +50% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Droneseed Co.'s patents?

Droneseed Co.'s patents average 18.0 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 Droneseed Co. 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

Droneseed Co.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 12 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2024. 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: A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Droneseed ranks #46,295 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 12 technology areas.

#46,295
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.2/100): 18.0
avg claims per patent: +50%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R46295 · US Corporation #46,295 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #46,295/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Drever International
CPC-FOCUS A01C · 12 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +50% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Drever International (±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 Droneseed’s 49.2 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 6.2 pts (13%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 12.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 10.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Droneseed · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Droneseed's Innovation Score is 49.2/100 (top 15% 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 Droneseed?

Each dot is one of Droneseed’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). Droneseed’s own 18.0 claims/patent is at or below the 18.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Droneseed's grants concentrate

Droneseed Co. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Droneseed sits between Drever International and DSX Holdings Limited.

Droneseed's three-year grant acceleration

Droneseed Co. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Drever Internatio…

5
Drifire

5
Drilling Innovati…

5
Drinkfinger

5
DS Smith Packaging

5
DSA Detection

5
DST Diagnostische…

5
DSX Holdings

5
Droneseed ◀

5

What this shows Droneseed holds 5 patents at rank #46,168, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Droneseed

By rank, the assignees closest to #46,168 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01C (Planting)

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

Droneseed's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Droneseed Co. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	20.0%
2019	1	20.0%
2022	2	40.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Droneseed Co. patent most?

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 4

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 4

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 4

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

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 4

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 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 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Droneseed Co.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Droneseed Co.'s lead technology class is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01C
Ranked #46,295 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Droneseed Co. against Drever International, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.2/100 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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