Overall rank by patents
#20,191
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 12 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: A01K (ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Oil-dri ranks #20,191 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 12 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R20191 · US Corporation #20,191 · 14 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: Ocean Optics, 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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Oil-dri OF America · this assignee
36 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Oil-dri Corporation OF America stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-DENSE, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #20,191 of 50,000; Innovation Score 36.2/100 sits in the top 47% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is Ocean Optics, Inc. (±0 grants).
Oil-dri Corporation OF America has been granted 14 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Oil-dri Corporation OF America at #20,191 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 12 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 21.5 claims per patent with primary concentration in A01K (ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS). As a US Corporation, Oil-dri Corporation OF America is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Oil-dri sits between Ocean Optics, Inc. (14 patents, rank #20,182) and Optomedia Technology Inc. (14 patents, rank #20,190) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 36.2/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 3 grants, compared with 10 in the 2015–2019 window, a -70% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Oil-dri Corporation OF America's 21.5 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 12 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
OCEAN OPTICS, INC.
14 patents
OCTOPUS ENERGY HEATING LIMITED
14 patents
OGURA CLUTCH CO., LTD
14 patents
OIL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
14 patents
OLYMPIA TOOLS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
14 patents
OME TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
14 patents
OPTO TECH CORP.
14 patents
OPTOMEDIA TECHNOLOGY INC.
14 patents
OIL-DRI CORPORATION OF AMERICA
14 patents
What this shows Oil-dri holds 14 patents at rank #20,186, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #20,186 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Oil-dri's primary technology class.
Oil-dri's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2016 | 4 | 28.6% |
| 2017 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2018 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2019 | 2 | 14.3% |
| 2020 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 7.1% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 7.1% |
Top 12 of 12 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#20,191
of 50,000 tracked assignees
36.2 out of 100
Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.