Where does Heartland AG Tech, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heartland AG Tech, Inc. ranks #14,031 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 Heartland AG Tech, Inc. hold?

Heartland AG Tech, Inc. holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Heartland AG Tech, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 47.0 out of 100 (top 19% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Heartland AG Tech, Inc. focus on?

Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s top technology area is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge) with 14 patents, ranking #84 of 1,366 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +22% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s patents?

Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s patents average 16.1 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 Heartland AG Tech, Inc. 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

Heartland AG Tech, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 24 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: C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heartland ranks #14,031 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 24 technology areas.

#14,031
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.0/100): 16.1
avg claims per patent: +22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14031 · US Corporation #14,031 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,031/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Guangdong Yingxin…
CPC-FOCUS C02F · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Guangdong Yingxin Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Heartland’s 47.0 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 10.7 pts (23%) Velocity 9.3 pts (20%) Breadth 17.3 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.7 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heartland Tech · this assignee

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heartland's Innovation Score is 47.0/100 (top 19% 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 Heartland?

Each dot is one of Heartland’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). Heartland’s own 16.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heartland's grants concentrate

Heartland AG Tech, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Heartland sits between Guangdong Yingxin Technology Co., Ltd. and Home Control Singapore PTE Ltd.

Heartland's three-year grant acceleration

Heartland AG Tech, Inc. shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Guangdong Yingxin…

21
Guangzhou Fourto…

21
HCT Asia

21
Headspin

21
Hemosonics

21
Heriot-watt Unive…

21
HI Breeding B V

21
Home Control Sing…

21
Heartland Tech ◀

21

What this shows Heartland holds 21 patents at rank #14,027, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heartland

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,027 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C02F (Treatment OF Water)

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

Heartland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 19% higher than 81% 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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Heartland AG Tech, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	9.5%
2016	2	9.5%
2017	2	9.5%
2018	2	9.5%
2019	1	4.8%
2020	2	9.5%
2021	2	9.5%
2022	2	9.5%
2023	2	9.5%
2024	3	14.3%
2025partial year	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Heartland AG Tech, Inc. patent most?

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 14

B01D - Separation 14

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 6

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

F23G - Cremation FURNACES; Consuming Waste Products BY Combustion 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F28C - Heat-exchange Apparatus, NOT Provided FOR IN Another Subclass, IN Which THE Heat-exchange Media Come Into Direct Contact Without Chemical Interaction 1

F23J - Removal OR Treatment OF Combustion Products OR Combustion RESIDUES; Flues 1

Y02C - Capture, Storage, Sequestration OR Disposal OF Greenhouse Gases [GHG] 1

F23C - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Combustion Using Fluid Fuel OR Solid Fuel Suspended IN ; A Carrier GAS OR; AIR 1

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 1

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

Top 15 of 24 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

Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heartland AG Tech, Inc.'s lead technology class is C02F (Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C02F
Ranked #14,031 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heartland AG Tech, Inc. against Guangdong Yingxin Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.0/100 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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