Where does Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. ranks #8,642 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 Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. hold?

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2023, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 33.3 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -32% 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 Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'s patents?

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'s patents average 9.3 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 Mitsui Chemicals Agro, 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 Foreign Corporation

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. focus on?

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'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 31 patents, ranking #44 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2023. 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, Mitsui ranks #8,642 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 14 technology areas.

#8,642
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.3/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: -32%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8642 · Foreign Corporation #8,642 · 37 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,642/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ligand Pharmaceutica…
CPC-FOCUS A01N · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -32% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (±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 Mitsui’s 33.3 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 12.6 pts (38%) Velocity 1.9 pts (6%) Breadth 13.2 pts (40%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Eaton Electrical IP… · near

33
Guala Dispensing S P A · near

33
Mitsui Chemicals Agro · this assignee

33
Shazam Entertainment · near

33
Vonage Network · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Mitsui's Innovation Score is 33.3/100 (44th 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 Mitsui?

Each dot is one of Mitsui’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). Mitsui’s own 9.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Mitsui's grants concentrate

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 83.8% 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 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Mitsui sits between Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated and Mirati Therapeutics, Inc..

Mitsui's three-year grant acceleration

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Ligand Pharmaceut…

37
Luminar

37
Maruzen Petrochem…

37
Match Group

37
Miura

37
Medallia

37
Midwest Industries

37
Mirati Therapeuti…

37
Mitsui Chemicals… ◀

37

What this shows Mitsui holds 37 patents at rank #8,638, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Mitsui

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,638 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 Mitsui's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Mitsui, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…), Mitsui ranks #44 of 1,216 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Guala Dispensing S.P.A. 33 Vonage Network, LLC 33 Eaton Electrical IP GMBH & Co. KG 33 Shazam Entertainment Limited 33

Mitsui's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	13.5%
2016	9	24.3%
2017	1	2.7%
2018	4	10.8%
2019	3	8.1%
2020	4	10.8%
2021	7	18.9%
2022	3	8.1%
2023	1	2.7%

Which technologies does Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. 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 31

C07D - Heterocyclic Compounds 18

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 11

A61P - Specific Therapeutic Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Medicinal Preparations 7

A01P - Biocidal, Pest Repellant, Pest Attractant OR Plant Growth Regulatory Activity OF Chemical Compounds OR Preparations 7

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 6

C05G - Mixtures OF Fertilisers Covered Individually BY Different Subclasses OF Class C05; Mixtures OF ONE OR More Fertilisers With Materials NOT Having A Specific Fertilising Activity, e.g. Pesticides, Soil-conditioners, Wetting Agents ; Fertilisers Characterised BY Their Form 2

C05B - Phosphatic Fertilisers 2

C05D - Inorganic Fertilisers NOT Covered BY Subclasses C05b, C05C; Fertilisers Producing Carbon Dioxide 2

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 1

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 1

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

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

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc.'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), 83.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #8,642 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Mitsui Chemicals Agro, Inc. against Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.3/100 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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