Where does Precision Planting LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Precision Planting LLC ranks #1,566 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 Precision Planting LLC hold?

Precision Planting LLC holds 265 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Precision Planting LLC's Innovation Score?

Precision Planting LLC has an Innovation Score of 62.0 out of 100 (top 3% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Precision Planting LLC focus on?

Precision Planting LLC's top technology area is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising) with 216 patents, ranking #4 of 276 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is Precision Planting LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Precision Planting LLC's recent grant velocity is +88% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Precision Planting LLC's patents?

Precision Planting LLC's patents average 16.6 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 Precision Planting LLC 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

Precision Planting LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 265 granted patents across 43 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: A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Precision ranks #1,566 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 265 patents across 43 technology areas.

#1,566
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 3%
by Innovation Score (62.0/100): 16.6
avg claims per patent: +88%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1566 · US Corporation #1,566 · 265 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 265 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,566/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Adeka
CPC-WIDE A01C · 43 areas
INNOV-STRONG 62.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +88% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Adeka Corporation (±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 Precision’s 62.0 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 19.3 pts (31%) Velocity 9.6 pts (15%) Breadth 23.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Fisher Controls… · near

62
Illumina Cambridge · near

62
Wirtgen · near

62
Precision Planting · this assignee

62
Thermo King · near

62
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Precision's Innovation Score is 62.0/100 (top 3% 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 Precision?

Each dot is one of Precision’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). Precision’s own 16.6 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.

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

Where Precision's grants concentrate

Precision Planting LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 81.5% of grants classified under A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (42 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2015. By volume, Precision sits between Thule Sweden AB and Inspur Suzhou Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd..

Precision's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Precision Planting LLC moved from 67 to 96 grants (1.43x 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 #499. See the growth leaderboard.

Thule Sweden AB

266
Adeka

265
Climate

265
Ledvance

265
Wright Medical Te…

265
Precision Planting ◀

265
AI Incorporated

264
Alpine

264
Inspur Suzhou Int…

264

What this shows Precision holds 265 patents at rank #1,566, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Precision

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,566 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01C (Planting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Precision, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01C (Planting), Precision ranks #4 of 276 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (62 here).

Thermo King LLC 62 Illumina Cambridge Limited 62 Wirtgen GmbH 62 Fisher Controls International LLC 62

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.6 here).

University of Louisville Research Foundation, Inc. 16.6 avg Total Research & Technology Feluy 16.6 avg Shanghai Tianma Am-oled Co., Ltd. 16.6 avg CMR Surgical Limited 16.6 avg

Precision's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

62 Top 3% higher than 97% 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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Precision Planting LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	1.9%
2016	13	4.9%
2017	15	5.7%
2018	20	7.5%
2019	22	8.3%
2020	32	12.1%
2021	13	4.9%
2022	21	7.9%
2023	33	12.5%
2024	42	15.8%
2025partial year	49	18.5%

Which technologies does Precision Planting LLC patent most?

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 216

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 127

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 36

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 26

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 22

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 19

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 19

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 19

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 18

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 18

G01G - Weighing 16

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 14

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 12

B01D - Separation 12

B04B - Centrifuges 11

Top 15 of 43 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

Precision Planting LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Precision Planting LLC's lead technology class is A01C (PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising), 81.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01C
Ranked #1,566 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Precision Planting LLC against Thule Sweden AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 62.0/100 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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