Where does Tractor Supply Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Tractor Supply Company ranks #14,337 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 Company hold?

Tractor Supply Company holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Tractor Supply Company's Innovation Score?

Tractor Supply Company has an Innovation Score of 36.0 out of 100 (top 47% 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 Company focus on?

Tractor Supply Company's top technology area is B60D (Vehicle Connections) with 4 patents, ranking #35 of 188 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Tractor Supply Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Tractor Supply Company's recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Tractor Supply Company's patents?

Tractor Supply Company's patents average 10.6 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 Company 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 Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: B60D (Vehicle Connections).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Tractor ranks #14,337 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 15 technology areas.

#14,337
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 47%
by Innovation Score (36.0/100): 10.6
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14337 · US Corporation #14,337 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,337/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Thermaco Incorporated
CPC-FOCUS B60D · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.0/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Thermaco Incorporated (±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 36.0 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 10.7 pts (30%) Velocity 5.3 pts (15%) Breadth 13.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Tractor Supply · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Tractor's Innovation Score is 36.0/100 (top 47% 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 10.6 claims/patent is at or below the 18.1 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 Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 19% of grants classified under B60D (Vehicle Connections). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Tractor sits between Thermaco Incorporated and Trinity LLC.

Tractor's three-year grant acceleration

Tractor Supply Company shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Thermaco Incorpor…

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Trieye

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Trinity

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Tractor Supply ◀

21

What this shows Tractor holds 21 patents at rank #14,341, 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 #14,341 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60D (Vehicle Connections)

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)

36 Top 47% higher than 53% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Tractor Supply Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	19.0%
2016	3	14.3%
2017	1	4.8%
2018	3	14.3%
2019	3	14.3%
2021	2	9.5%
2022	3	14.3%
2023	1	4.8%
2025partial year	1	4.8%

Which technologies does Tractor Supply Company patent most?

B60D - Vehicle Connections 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 3

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 2

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

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 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 1

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 1

F21L - Lighting Devices OR Systems Thereof, Being Portable OR Specially Adapted FOR Transportation 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Tractor Supply Company's lead technology class is B60D (Vehicle Connections), 19% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60D
Ranked #14,337 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Tractor Supply Company against Thermaco Incorporated, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.0/100 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

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