Where does Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. ranks #30,026 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 Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. hold?

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2019, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 24.1 out of 100 (14th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s patents?

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s patents average 10.3 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 Schiller Grounds Care, 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

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. focus on?

Schiller Grounds Care, 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 3 patents, ranking #111 of 251 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2019. 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, Schiller ranks #30,026 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 8 technology areas.

#30,026
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 14th percentile
by Innovation Score (24.1/100): 10.3
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R30026 · US Corporation #30,026 · 9 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #30,026/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sapphire Energy
CPC-NARROW A01B · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 24.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sapphire Energy, 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.

How Schiller’s 24.1 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 8.0 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.2 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Schiller Grounds Care · this assignee

24
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Schiller's Innovation Score is 24.1/100 (14th percentile 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 Schiller?

Each dot is one of Schiller’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). Schiller’s own 10.3 claims/patent is at or below the 15.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Schiller's grants concentrate

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Schiller sits between Sapphire Energy, Inc. and Scott Archery LLC.

Sapphire Energy

9
Sapporo Holdings

9
Savroc

9
Scanogen

9
Schofield

9
Scholle

9
Schrödinger

9
Scott Archery

9
Schiller Grounds… ◀

9

What this shows Schiller holds 9 patents at rank #30,136, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Schiller

By rank, the assignees closest to #30,136 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR Forestry)

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

Schiller's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

24 14th percentile higher than 14% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	7	77.8%

Which technologies does Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. patent most?

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 3

F16H - Gearing 3

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Schiller Grounds Care, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01B (Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01B
Ranked #30,026 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Schiller Grounds Care, Inc. against Sapphire Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 24.1/100 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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