Overall rank by patents
#14,580
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 20 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Earthway ranks #14,580 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 20 patents across 6 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R14580 · US Corporation #14,580 · 20 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: East Tennessee State University (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Earthway Products · this assignee
37 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Earthway Products, Inc. stamps GRANTS-SMALL, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-NARROW, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DOWN, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #14,580 of 50,000; Innovation Score 36.7/100 sits in the top 46% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is East Tennessee State University (±0 grants).
Earthway Products, Inc. has been granted 20 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Earthway Products, Inc. at #14,580 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 6 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 10.7 claims per patent with primary concentration in A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING). As a US Corporation, Earthway Products, Inc. is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Earthway sits between Etymotic Research, Inc. (20 patents, rank #14,587) and Ellenby Technologies, Inc. (20 patents, rank #14,595) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 36.7/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 7 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a -30% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Earthway Products, Inc.'s 10.7 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 6 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
ETYMOTIC RESEARCH, INC.
20 patents
EUROPEAN AERONAUTIC DEFENCE AND SPACE COMPANY EADS FRANCE
20 patents
EV Group GmbH
20 patents
EXTHERA MEDICAL CORPORATION
20 patents
East Tennessee State University
20 patents
EcoFactor, Inc.
20 patents
Elanco Tiergesundheit AG
20 patents
Ellenby Technologies, Inc.
20 patents
Earthway Products, Inc.
20 patents
What this shows Earthway holds 20 patents at rank #14,591, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #14,591 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Earthway's primary technology class.
Earthway's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
37 Top 46% higher than 54% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | 30.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2017 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | 5.0% |
| 2021 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2023 | 3 | 15.0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 10.0% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 15.0% |
Top 6 of 6 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#14,580
of 50,000 tracked assignees
36.7 out of 100
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