Where does The Burchell Nursery, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), The Burchell Nursery, Inc. ranks #17,270 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 The Burchell Nursery, Inc. hold?

The Burchell Nursery, Inc. holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is The Burchell Nursery, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

The Burchell Nursery, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 17.3 out of 100 (4th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does The Burchell Nursery, Inc. focus on?

The Burchell Nursery, Inc. holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is The Burchell Nursery, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

The Burchell Nursery, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -87% 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 The Burchell Nursery, Inc.'s patents?

The Burchell Nursery, Inc.'s patents average 1.0 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 Burchell Nursery, 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 Burchell Nursery, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, The ranks #17,270 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 0 technology areas.

#17,270
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 4th percentile
by Innovation Score (17.3/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent: -87%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17270 · US Corporation #17,270 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #17,270/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Tekna Plasma Systems
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-LOW 17.3/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -87% vel
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Tekna Plasma Systems 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 The’s 17.3 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 10.0 pts (58%) Velocity 6.7 pts (39%) Breadth 0.0 pts (0%) Claim depth 0.6 pts (3%)

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What this shows The's Innovation Score is 17.3/100 (4th 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 The?

Each dot is one of The’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). The’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where The's grants concentrate

The Burchell Nursery, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, The sits between Tekna Plasma Systems Inc. and Tidal Systems, Inc..

The's three-year grant acceleration

The Burchell Nursery, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

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What this shows The holds 17 patents at rank #17,282, 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 #17,282 in granted patent volume.

The's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

17 4th percentile higher than 4% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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The Burchell Nursery, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	23.5%
2016	4	23.5%
2017	4	23.5%
2018	3	17.6%
2020	1	5.9%
2024	1	5.9%

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

The Burchell Nursery, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #17,270 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
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Innovation Score of 17.3/100 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.

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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.