Where does Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. ranks #123 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 Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. hold?

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. holds 3,033 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 60 technology areas.

What is Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 71.1 out of 100 (top 1% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -28% 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 Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s patents?

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s patents average 19.2 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 Pioneer Hi-bred International, 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

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. focus on?

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 2,706 patents, ranking #2 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 60 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 3,033 granted patents across 60 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: A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Pioneer ranks #123 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 3,033 patents across 60 technology areas.

#123
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 1%
by Innovation Score (71.1/100): 19.2
avg claims per patent: -28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R123 · US Corporation #123 · 3,033 grants

GRANTS-LARGE · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-LARGE 3.0K grants
TOP-DECILE #123/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Mediatek
CPC-WIDE A01H · 60 areas
INNOV-STRONG 71.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Mediatek Inc. (±3 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 Pioneer’s 71.1 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 27.7 pts (39%) Velocity 7.0 pts (10%) Breadth 25.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Kyocera AVX Components · near

71
Massachusetts… · near

71
Pioneer Hi-bred… · this assignee

71
Visa International… · near

71
Yangtze Memory · near

71
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Pioneer's Innovation Score is 71.1/100 (top 1% 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 Pioneer?

Each dot is one of Pioneer’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). Pioneer’s own 19.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Pioneer's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. received 1,133 grants versus 1,568 in 2015–2019 (-28% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2015 at 394 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 170. Lead class A01H accounts for 89.2% of the portfolio across 60 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Raytheon Company (#119) and DOW Global Technologies LLC (#127).

Pioneer's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. moved from 693 to 723 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,074. See the growth leaderboard.

Raytheon

3,108
Nvidia

3,075
Sony Interactive…

3,038
Mediatek

3,036
Pioneer Hi-bred I… ◀

3,033
Centre National D…

3,025
Industrial Techno…

3,023
Adobe

3,022
DOW Global

3,004

What this shows Pioneer holds 3,033 patents at rank #123, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Pioneer

By rank, the assignees closest to #123 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Pioneer, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01H (NEW Plants OR), Pioneer ranks #2 of 285 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (71 here).

Visa International Service Association 71 Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., Ltd. 71 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 71 Kyocera AVX Components Corporation 71

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.2 here).

Marvell World Trade Ltd. 19.2 avg PPG Industries Ohio, Inc. 19.2 avg iHeart Media Management Services, Inc. 19.2 avg MetaSwitch Networks Ltd. 19.2 avg

Pioneer's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

71 Top 1% higher than 99% 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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Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	394	13.0%
2016	290	9.6%
2017	299	9.9%
2018	302	10.0%
2019	283	9.3%
2020	213	7.0%
2021	197	6.5%
2022	259	8.5%
2023	294	9.7%
2024	170	5.6%
2025partial year	332	10.9%

Which technologies does Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 2,706

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 623

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 214

C07K - Peptides 196

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 186

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 98

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 33

C12Y - Enzymes 28

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 18

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 15

G16B - Bioinformatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Genetic OR Protein-related Data Processing IN Computational Molecular Biology 12

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 12

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 10

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 10

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 9

Top 15 of 60 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

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 89.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #123 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc. against Raytheon Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 71.1/100 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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