Where does Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP ranks #33,657 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 Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP hold?

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2023 and 2025, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's Innovation Score?

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP has an Innovation Score of 27.7 out of 100 (25th 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 Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP focus on?

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's top technology area is F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 1 patents, ranking #336 of 588 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP.

What does claim depth mean for Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's patents?

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's patents average 3.0 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 Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP 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

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2023–2025. 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: F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tractor ranks #33,657 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 2 technology areas.

#33,657
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 25th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.7/100): 3.0
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R33657 · US Corporation #33,657 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #33,657/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Toshiba America…
CPC-NARROW F25D · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2023–2025 · 3y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Toshiba America Electronic Components, 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 Tractor’s 27.7 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 7.6 pts (27%) Velocity 13.3 pts (48%) Breadth 5.0 pts (18%) Claim depth 1.8 pts (6%)

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What this shows Tractor's Innovation Score is 27.7/100 (25th 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 Tractor?

Each dot is one of Tractor’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). Tractor’s own 3.0 claims/patent is at or below the 15.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Tractor's grants concentrate

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 12.5% of grants classified under F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). By volume, Tractor sits between Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. and Travelpro Products, Inc..

Tractor's three-year grant acceleration

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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 Tractor holds 8 patents at rank #33,662, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Tractor

By rank, the assignees closest to #33,662 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F25D (Refrigerators)

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

Tractor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 25th percentile higher than 25% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2023–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2023–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2023	1	12.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	6	75.0%

Which technologies does Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP patent most?

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

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

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP's lead technology class is F25D (REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 12.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F25D
Ranked #33,657 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, LP against Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.7/100 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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