Where does Forage Genetics International, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Forage Genetics International, LLC ranks #4,511 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 Forage Genetics International, LLC hold?

Forage Genetics International, LLC holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Forage Genetics International, LLC's Innovation Score?

Forage Genetics International, LLC has an Innovation Score of 41.8 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Forage Genetics International, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Forage Genetics International, LLC's recent grant velocity is +129% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Forage Genetics International, LLC's patents?

Forage Genetics International, LLC's patents average 24.2 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 Forage Genetics International, LLC 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

Forage Genetics International, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Forage Genetics International, LLC focus on?

Forage Genetics International, LLC's top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 69 patents, ranking #15 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 10 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: A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Forage ranks #4,511 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 10 technology areas.

#4,511
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 24.2
avg claims per patent: +129%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4511 · US Corporation #4,511 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,511/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Curt G Joa
CPC-FOCUS A01H · 10 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +129% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Curt G. Joa, Inc. (±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 Forage’s 41.8 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 15.1 pts (36%) Velocity 1.0 pts (2%) Breadth 11.2 pts (27%) Claim depth 14.5 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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The Quaker Oats · near

42
Central Motor Wheel · near

42
DroneDeploy · near

42
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42
J S T · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Forage's Innovation Score is 41.8/100 (top 32% 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 Forage?

Each dot is one of Forage’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). Forage’s own 24.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Forage's grants concentrate

Forage Genetics International, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 88.5% of grants classified under A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (36 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2023. By volume, Forage sits between Curt G. Joa, Inc. and H.B. Fuller Company.

Forage's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Forage Genetics International, LLC moved from 55 to 8 grants (0.14x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Curt G Joa

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78
H B Fuller

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78

What this shows Forage holds 78 patents at rank #4,511, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Forage

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,511 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Forage, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01H (NEW Plants OR), Forage ranks #15 of 285 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

J.S.T. Corporation 42 Central Motor Wheel Co., Ltd. 42 DroneDeploy, Inc. 42 The Quaker Oats Company 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.2 here).

Gvbb Holdings S.A.R.L 24.2 avg ViOptix, Inc. 24.2 avg Alentic Microscience Inc. 24.2 avg OrCam Technologies Ltd. 24.2 avg

Forage's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 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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Forage Genetics International, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	2.6%
2017	2	2.6%
2018	2	2.6%
2019	15	19.2%
2020	36	46.2%
2021	4	5.1%
2022	6	7.7%
2023	1	1.3%
2024	1	1.3%
2025partial year	9	11.5%

Which technologies does Forage Genetics International, LLC patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 69

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 11

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 7

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

A23K - Fodder 3

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 2

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 1

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 10 of 10 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

Forage Genetics International, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Forage Genetics International, LLC's lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 88.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #4,511 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Forage Genetics International, LLC against Curt G. Joa, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.8/100 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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