Where does Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. ranks #27,474 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 Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. hold?

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2022, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +133% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s patents?

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s patents average 7.1 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 Southwest Agri-Plastics, 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

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. focus on?

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s top technology area is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals) with 3 patents, ranking #345 of 1,035 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2022. 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Southwest ranks #27,474 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 4 technology areas.

#27,474
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 7.1
avg claims per patent: +133%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R27474 · US Corporation #27,474 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #27,474/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Soma Research
CPC-NARROW A01K · 4 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 7.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +133% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Soma Research, 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 Southwest’s 21.8 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 8.3 pts (38%) Velocity 2.2 pts (10%) Breadth 7.1 pts (32%) Claim depth 4.3 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Southwest Agri-Plast… · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Southwest's Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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 Southwest?

Each dot is one of Southwest’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). Southwest’s own 7.1 claims/patent is at or below the 15.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Southwest's grants concentrate

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 30% of grants classified under A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Southwest sits between Soma Research, LLC and Spectralink Corporation.

Southwest's three-year grant acceleration

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Soma Research

10
Sonics & Materials

10
Sonnax Industries

10
Sony Network Comm…

10
Spark Biomedical

10
Spartan Orthodont…

10
Specialty Mineral…

10
Spectralink

10
Southwest Agri-pl… ◀

10

What this shows Southwest holds 10 patents at rank #27,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Southwest

By rank, the assignees closest to #27,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

Southwest's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2022

Grants by year

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

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Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	2	20.0%
2021	3	30.0%
2022	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. patent most?

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 3

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 2

Top 4 of 4 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

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 30% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #27,474 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Southwest Agri-Plastics, Inc. against Soma Research, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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

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