Where does Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH ranks #16,084 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 Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH hold?

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's Innovation Score?

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH has an Innovation Score of 38.0 out of 100 (top 42% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's recent grant velocity is +83% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's patents?

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's patents average 15.6 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 Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH 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

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH focus on?

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 11 patents, ranking #22 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Horsch ranks #16,084 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,084
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 42%
by Innovation Score (38.0/100): 15.6
avg claims per patent: +83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16084 · Foreign Corporation #16,084 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,084/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hefei Midea Heating…
CPC-FOCUS A01M · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment 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 Horsch’s 38.0 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 10.2 pts (27%) Velocity 5.2 pts (14%) Breadth 13.2 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aerojet Rocketdyne… · near

38
BJB & KG · near

38
Dental SmartMirror · near

38
Horsch Leeb… · this assignee

38
Ndelectric · near

38
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Horsch's Innovation Score is 38.0/100 (top 42% 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 Horsch?

Each dot is one of Horsch’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). Horsch’s own 15.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Horsch's grants concentrate

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 61.1% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Horsch sits between Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd. and Hyundai Translead.

Horsch's three-year grant acceleration

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Hefei Midea Heati…

18
Highcon Systems

18
Hilverda Kooij B V

18
Horizon Orphan

18
Hoyu

18
Huddly AS

18
Hypersciences

18
Hyundai Translead

18
Horsch Leeb Appli… ◀

18

What this shows Horsch holds 18 patents at rank #16,076, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Horsch

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,076 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Horsch, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01M (Catching), Horsch ranks #22 of 292 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (38 here).

Aerojet Rocketdyne OF DE, Inc. 38 Dental SmartMirror, Inc. 38 Ndelectric Co., Ltd. 38 BJB GmbH & Co. KG 38

Horsch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

38 Top 42% higher than 58% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	5.6%
2019	5	27.8%
2020	3	16.7%
2021	1	5.6%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	5	27.8%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 11

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 10

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 6

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 1

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH's lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 61.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #16,084 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH against Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.0/100 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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