Where does The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. ranks #25,382 of 50,000 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. hold?

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. holds 11 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2024, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 35.3 out of 100 (top 50% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc..

What does claim depth mean for The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc.'s patents?

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc.'s patents average 12.1 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 The Agricultural Gas 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

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. focus on?

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING) with 11 patents. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 11 granted patents across 23 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2024. 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #25,382 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 11 patents across 23 technology areas.

#25,382
of 50,000 US assignees by volume: Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100): 12.1
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R25382 · US Corporation #25,382 · 11 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 11 grants
MID-PACK #25,382/50,000
PHOTO-FINISH Terracon Consultants
CPC-FOCUS A01G · 23 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 12.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Terracon Consultants, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
The Agricultural Gas · this assignee

35
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest

7

What this shows The's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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.

Where The's grants concentrate

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, The sits between Terracon Consultants, Inc. and The Crosby Group Llc.

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Terracon Consulta…

11
Tessy Plastics

11
Tevnos

11
Textilma

11
The Board of Rege…

11
The Carlstar Group

11
The Container Sto…

11
The Crosby Group

11
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11

What this shows The holds 11 patents at rank #25,389, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near The

By rank, the assignees closest to #25,389 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 50,000 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2024

Grants by year

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

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The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	2	18.2%
2021	6	54.5%
2022	2	18.2%
2024	1	9.1%

Which technologies does The Agricultural Gas Company, Inc. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING 11

B05B - SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES 3

Y02A - TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 3

Y02P - CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS 2

A01M - CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS ; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS 2

B01D - SEPARATION 2

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 2

A61L - METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES 2

F16M - FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS 1

F21S - NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS 1

F21Y - INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED 1

F21V - FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR 1

G05D - SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES 1

C05G - MIXTURES OF FERTILISERS COVERED INDIVIDUALLY BY DIFFERENT SUBCLASSES OF CLASS C05; MIXTURES OF ONE OR MORE FERTILISERS WITH MATERIALS NOT HAVING A SPECIFIC FERTILISING ACTIVITY, e.g. PESTICIDES, SOIL-CONDITIONERS, WETTING AGENTS ; FERTILISERS CHARACTERISED BY THEIR FORM 1

C05D - INORGANIC FERTILISERS NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES C05B, C05C; FERTILISERS PRODUCING CARBON DIOXIDE 1

Top 15 of 23 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#25,382

of 50,000 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

35.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

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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