Where does Raven Industries, inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Raven Industries, inc. ranks #3,823 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 Raven Industries, inc. hold?

Raven Industries, inc. holds 95 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 59 technology areas.

What is Raven Industries, inc.'s Innovation Score?

Raven Industries, inc. has an Innovation Score of 63.4 out of 100 (top 2% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Raven Industries, inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Raven Industries, inc.'s recent grant velocity is -4% 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 Raven Industries, inc.'s patents?

Raven Industries, inc.'s patents average 24.2 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 Raven Industries, 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

Raven Industries, inc.

Q: What technology areas does Raven Industries, inc. focus on?

Raven Industries, inc.'s top technology area is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General) with 36 patents. Grants appear in 59 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 95 granted patents across 59 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: A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Raven ranks #3,823 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 95 patents across 59 technology areas.

#3,823
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 2%
by Innovation Score (63.4/100): 24.2
avg claims per patent: -4%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3823 · US Corporation #3,823 · 95 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-STRONG · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 95 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,823/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Paramount BED
CPC-WIDE A01B · 59 areas
INNOV-STRONG 63.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 24.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -4% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Paramount BED Co., Ltd. (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Saturn Licensing · near

63
China University of… · near

63
Janssen Pharmaceutic… · near

63
Raven Industries · this assignee

63
Neste OYJ · near

63
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Raven's Innovation Score is 63.4/100 (top 2% 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.

How Raven's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Raven Industries, inc. received 43 grants versus 45 in 2015–2019 (-4% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 13 grants and bottomed in 2015 at 5. Lead class A01B accounts for 37.9% of the portfolio across 59 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Paramount BED Co., Ltd. (#3,820) and Sanmina Corporation (#3,828).

Raven's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Raven Industries, inc. moved from 23 to 28 grants (1.22x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Paramount BED

95
Pioneer Surgical…

95
Polaris Wireless

95
RB Distribution

95
Ribbon Communicat…

95
S P C M

95
Shenzhen Skyworth…

95
Sanmina

95
Raven Industries ◀

95

What this shows Raven holds 95 patents at rank #3,824, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Raven

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,824 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR Forestry)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Raven, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (63 here).

China University of Mining and Technology-Beijing 63 Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 63 Neste OYJ 63 Saturn Licensing LLC 63

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (24.2 here).

Genetec Inc. 24.2 avg OrCam Technologies Ltd. 24.2 avg ION Geophysical Corporation 24.3 avg ViOptix, Inc. 24.2 avg

Raven's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

63 Top 2% higher than 98% 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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Raven Industries, inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	5.3%
2016	12	12.6%
2017	13	13.7%
2018	7	7.4%
2019	8	8.4%
2020	7	7.4%
2021	8	8.4%
2022	6	6.3%
2023	11	11.6%
2024	11	11.6%
2025partial year	7	7.4%

Which technologies does Raven Industries, inc. patent most?

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 36

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 26

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 22

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 20

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 18

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 18

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 14

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 12

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 12

B64B - Lighter-than AIR Aircraft 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 6

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 5

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 5

Top 15 of 59 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,823

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

63.4 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Raven Industries, inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Raven Industries, inc.'s lead technology class is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General), 37.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01B
Ranked #3,823 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Raven Industries, inc. against Paramount BED Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 63.4/100 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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