Where does Forage Innovations BV rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Forage Innovations BV ranks #15,286 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 Innovations BV hold?

Forage Innovations BV holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Forage Innovations BV's Innovation Score?

Forage Innovations BV has an Innovation Score of 29.8 out of 100 (32nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Forage Innovations BV focus on?

Forage Innovations BV's top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing) with 12 patents, ranking #50 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Forage Innovations BV's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Forage Innovations BV's recent grant velocity is -94% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Forage Innovations BV's patents?

Forage Innovations BV's patents average 15.7 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 Innovations BV 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 Foreign Corporation

Forage Innovations BV

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Forage ranks #15,286 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 8 technology areas.

#15,286
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 32nd percentile
by Innovation Score (29.8/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15286 · Foreign Corporation #15,286 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,286/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fermentalg
CPC-NARROW A01D · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fermentalg (±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 29.8 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 10.3 pts (35%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Forage Innovations BV · this assignee

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Forage's Innovation Score is 29.8/100 (32nd percentile 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 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 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 Innovations BV is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 63.2% of grants classified under A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Forage sits between Fermentalg and Fujian Sanan Sino-science Photobiotech Co., Ltd..

Fermentalg

19
Fidessa Trading UK

19
Firetide

19
Fives Stein

19
Foundry Networks

19
Freie UniversitÄT…

19
Fresca Medical

19
Fujian Sanan Sino…

19
Forage Innovation… ◀

19

What this shows Forage holds 19 patents at rank #15,273, 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 #15,273 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

Forage's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 32nd percentile higher than 32% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

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 Innovations BV patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	26.3%
2016	8	42.1%
2017	4	21.1%
2018	1	5.3%
2021	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Forage Innovations BV patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 12

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 9

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 3

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

Top 8 of 8 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 Innovations BV's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Forage Innovations BV's lead technology class is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing), 63.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01D
Ranked #15,286 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Forage Innovations BV against Fermentalg, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.8/100 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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