Where does Gowan Company, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gowan Company, LLC ranks #47,155 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 Gowan Company, LLC hold?

Gowan Company, LLC holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Gowan Company, LLC's Innovation Score?

Gowan Company, LLC has an Innovation Score of 37.0 out of 100 (top 45% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Gowan Company, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Gowan Company, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Gowan Company, LLC's patents?

Gowan Company, LLC's patents average 20.2 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 Gowan Company, 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

Gowan Company, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Gowan Company, LLC focus on?

Gowan Company, LLC's top technology area is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators) with 4 patents, ranking #364 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gowan ranks #47,155 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#47,155
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 45%
by Innovation Score (37.0/100): 20.2
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47155 · US Corporation #47,155 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,155/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Goodwin
CPC-NARROW A01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 37.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Goodwin PLC (±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 Gowan’s 37.0 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 (17%) Velocity 10.0 pts (27%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gowan · this assignee

37
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gowan's Innovation Score is 37.0/100 (top 45% 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 Gowan?

Each dot is one of Gowan’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). Gowan’s own 20.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gowan's grants concentrate

Gowan Company, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Gowan sits between Goodwin PLC and Gram Tactical LLC.

Gowan's three-year grant acceleration

Gowan Company, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Goodwin

5
Googale (2009)

5
Gosmile

5
Gosub 60

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Grabner Instrumen…

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Graco

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Gram Tactical

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What this shows Gowan holds 5 patents at rank #47,065, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gowan

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,065 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

Gowan's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

37 Top 45% higher than 55% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gowan Company, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	40.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%

Which technologies does Gowan Company, LLC patent most?

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 4

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 1

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 1

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 1

C07F - Acyclic, Carbocyclic OR Heterocyclic Compounds Containing Elements Other Than Carbon, Hydrogen, Halogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Sulfur, Selenium OR Tellurium 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Gowan Company, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gowan Company, LLC's lead technology class is A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #47,155 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gowan Company, LLC against Goodwin PLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 37.0/100 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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