Where does Scotts Canada Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Scotts Canada Ltd. ranks #42,850 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 Scotts Canada Ltd. hold?

Scotts Canada Ltd. holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Scotts Canada Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Scotts Canada Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Scotts Canada Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Scotts Canada Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Scotts Canada Ltd.'s patents?

Scotts Canada Ltd.'s patents average 20.3 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 Scotts Canada Ltd. 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 Foreign Corporation

Scotts Canada Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Scotts Canada Ltd. focus on?

Scotts Canada Ltd.'s top technology area is 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) with 5 patents, ranking #283 of 1,216 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2025. 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: 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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Scotts ranks #42,850 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#42,850
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R42850 · Foreign Corporation #42,850 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #42,850/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Scion Medical
CPC-NARROW A01N · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Scion Limited Medical (±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 Scotts’s 27.6 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 6.7 pts (24%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 8.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (44%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Scotts Canada · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Scotts's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 Scotts?

Each dot is one of Scotts’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). Scotts’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Scotts's grants concentrate

Scotts Canada Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Scotts sits between Scion Limited Medical and Scynexis, Inc..

Scion Medical

6
Sciton

6
Scoot & Ride Hold…

6
Scott Equipment

6
Scribe Therapeuti…

6
Scrona

6
Scuba Analytics

6
Scynexis

6
Scotts Canada ◀

6

What this shows Scotts holds 6 patents at rank #43,118, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Scotts

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,118 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01N (Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR…)

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

Scotts's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Scotts Canada Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2018	2	33.3%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2025partial year	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Scotts Canada Ltd. patent most?

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 5

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 3

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

A23K - Fodder 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Scotts Canada Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Scotts Canada Ltd.'s lead technology class is 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), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01N
Ranked #42,850 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Scotts Canada Ltd. against Scion Limited Medical, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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