Where does Shamrock Seed Company Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Shamrock Seed Company Inc. ranks #23,362 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 Shamrock Seed Company Inc. hold?

Shamrock Seed Company Inc. holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Shamrock Seed Company Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.0 out of 100 (22nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -91% 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 Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s patents?

Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s patents average 21.8 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 Shamrock Seed Company 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

Shamrock Seed Company Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Shamrock Seed Company Inc. focus on?

Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s top technology area is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques) with 12 patents, ranking #60 of 285 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Shamrock ranks #23,362 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 2 technology areas.

#23,362
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 22nd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.0/100): 21.8
avg claims per patent: -91%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R23362 · US Corporation #23,362 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #23,362/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Sentinel Hydrosoluti…
CPC-NARROW A01H · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.0/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -91% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Sentinel Hydrosolutions, LLC (±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 Shamrock’s 27.0 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 8.9 pts (33%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 5.0 pts (19%) Claim depth 13.1 pts (49%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shamrock Seed · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Shamrock's Innovation Score is 27.0/100 (22nd 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 Shamrock?

Each dot is one of Shamrock’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). Shamrock’s own 21.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Shamrock's grants concentrate

Shamrock Seed Company Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Shamrock sits between Sentinel Hydrosolutions, LLC and Shenzhen Fulian Fugui Precision Industry Co., Ltd..

Sentinel Hydrosol…

12
Sephora USA

12
Serendipity

12
Seventh Sense Bio…

12
Shandong Agricult…

12
Shanghai Fusion T…

12
Shanghai Universo…

12
Shenzhen Fulian F…

12
Shamrock Seed ◀

12

What this shows Shamrock holds 12 patents at rank #23,427, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Shamrock

By rank, the assignees closest to #23,427 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01H (NEW Plants OR)

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

Shamrock's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 22nd percentile higher than 22% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

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

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Shamrock Seed Company Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	8.3%
2017	4	33.3%
2018	4	33.3%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%

Which technologies does Shamrock Seed Company Inc. patent most?

A01H - NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques 12

C12N - Microorganisms OR ENZYMES; Compositions THEREOF; Propagating, Preserving, OR Maintaining MICROORGANISMS; Mutation OR Genetic ENGINEERING; Culture Media 4

Top 2 of 2 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

Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Shamrock Seed Company Inc.'s lead technology class is A01H (NEW Plants OR ; NON-TRANSGENIC; Processes FOR Obtaining THEM; Plant Reproduction BY Tissue Culture Techniques), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01H
Ranked #23,362 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Shamrock Seed Company Inc. against Sentinel Hydrosolutions, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.0/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.