Where does Netafim, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Netafim, Ltd. ranks #8,648 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 Netafim, Ltd. hold?

Netafim, Ltd. holds 37 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Netafim, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Netafim, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.1 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 Netafim, Ltd. focus on?

Netafim, Ltd.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 21 patents, ranking #25 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Netafim, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Netafim, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Netafim, Ltd.'s patents?

Netafim, Ltd.'s patents average 22.5 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 Netafim, Ltd. 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

Netafim, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 37 granted patents across 20 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Netafim ranks #8,648 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 37 patents across 20 technology areas.

#8,648
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 19%
by Innovation Score (47.1/100): 22.5
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8648 · Foreign Corporation #8,648 · 37 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 37 grants
UPPER-Q #8,648/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mirati Therapeutics
CPC-FOCUS A01G · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 22.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (±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 Netafim’s 47.1 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 (27%) Velocity 5.2 pts (11%) Breadth 15.8 pts (34%) Claim depth 13.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Netafim · this assignee

47
Nidec Copal · near

47
Saga University · near

47
Sanford Health · near

47
Université Paris—Est… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Netafim's Innovation Score is 47.1/100 (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 Netafim?

Each dot is one of Netafim’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). Netafim’s own 22.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Netafim's grants concentrate

Netafim, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 56.8% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Netafim sits between Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. and Net Entertainment Malta Services, Ltd..

Netafim's three-year grant acceleration

Netafim, Ltd. shows 11 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.

Mirati Therapeuti…

37
Moldex-metric

37
Montana State Uni…

37
Nakanishi

37
Nexion S P A

37
Nippon Sharyo

37
Nippon Thermostat

37
Net Entertainment…

37
Netafim ◀

37

What this shows Netafim holds 37 patents at rank #8,646, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Netafim

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,646 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Netafim, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01G (Horticulture), Netafim ranks #25 of 635 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

Sanford Health 47 Saga University 47 Nidec Copal Corporation 47 Université Paris—Est Créteil Val de Marne 47

Netafim'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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Netafim, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.1%
2016	3	8.1%
2017	3	8.1%
2018	2	5.4%
2019	8	21.6%
2020	4	10.8%
2021	2	5.4%
2022	3	8.1%
2023	6	16.2%
2024	2	5.4%
2025partial year	1	2.7%

Which technologies does Netafim, Ltd. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 21

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 11

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 5

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 5

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 3

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 2

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 1

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

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Netafim, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Netafim, Ltd.'s lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 56.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #8,648 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Netafim, Ltd. against Mirati Therapeutics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.1/100 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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