Where does Rain Bird Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Rain Bird Corporation ranks #1,933 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 Rain Bird Corporation hold?

Rain Bird Corporation holds 208 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 43 technology areas.

What is Rain Bird Corporation's Innovation Score?

Rain Bird Corporation has an Innovation Score of 58.8 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Rain Bird Corporation focus on?

Rain Bird Corporation's top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 153 patents, ranking #1 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

Is Rain Bird Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Rain Bird Corporation's recent grant velocity is +31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Rain Bird Corporation's patents?

Rain Bird Corporation's patents average 19.5 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 Rain Bird Corporation 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

Rain Bird Corporation

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 208 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Rain ranks #1,933 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 208 patents across 43 technology areas.

#1,933
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.8/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1933 · US Corporation #1,933 · 208 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 208 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,933/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fiskars Finland Oy Ab
CPC-WIDE A01G · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fiskars Finland Oy Ab (±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 Rain’s 58.8 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 18.5 pts (31%) Velocity 5.5 pts (9%) Breadth 23.2 pts (39%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aesculap · near

59
Kyushu University… · near

59
Sanyo Electric · near

59
ETH Zurich · near

59
Rain Bird · this assignee

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Rain's Innovation Score is 58.8/100 (top 4% 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 Rain?

Each dot is one of Rain’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). Rain’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Rain's grants concentrate

Rain Bird Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 73.6% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (27 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2015. By volume, Rain sits between Fiskars Finland Oy Ab and Fujitsu Optical Components Limited.

Rain's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Rain Bird Corporation moved from 73 to 60 grants (0.82x 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 #1,757. See the growth leaderboard.

Fiskars Finland O…

208
JT International

208
Medtronic Ardian…

208
Novozymes

208
Zephyros

208
Rain Bird ◀

208
Cole Haan

207
Fujitsu General

207
Fujitsu Optical C…

207

What this shows Rain holds 208 patents at rank #1,933, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Rain

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,933 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Rain, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01G (Horticulture), Rain ranks #1 of 635 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

ETH Zurich 59 Kyushu University, National University Corporation 59 Aesculap AG 59 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.5 here).

Digital Global Systems, Inc. 19.5 avg Research Institute OF Petroleum Processing, Sinopec 19.5 avg Rovi Guides, Inc. 19.5 avg Eva Automation, Inc. 19.5 avg

Rain's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% 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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Rain Bird Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	12	5.8%
2016	18	8.7%
2017	14	6.7%
2018	15	7.2%
2019	24	11.5%
2020	27	13.0%
2021	22	10.6%
2022	16	7.7%
2023	22	10.6%
2024	22	10.6%
2025partial year	16	7.7%

Which technologies does Rain Bird Corporation patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 153

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 83

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 47

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 39

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 38

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 33

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 17

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 16

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 11

G01W - Meteorology 8

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 8

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

G01K - Measuring TEMPERATURE; Measuring Quantity OF HEAT; Thermally-sensitive Elements NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 6

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

Rain Bird Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Rain Bird Corporation's lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 73.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #1,933 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Rain Bird Corporation against Fiskars Finland Oy Ab, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.8/100 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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