Is United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Federal Government

United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce

Q: Where does United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce ranks #43,824 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Q: How is the United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce 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 PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 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: A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, United ranks #43,824 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#43,824
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 38th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.4/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R43824 · US Federal Government #43,824 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USGOV · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #43,824/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Unified Office
CPC-NARROW A01K · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USGOV US Federal Gov
SPAN-YRS 2020–2024 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Unified Office, 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 United’s 31.4 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 6.7 pts (21%) Velocity 6.7 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (30%)

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What this shows United's Innovation Score is 31.4/100 (38th 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 United?

Each dot is one of United’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). United’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where United's grants concentrate

United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 50% 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 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, United sits between Unified Office, Inc. and Universidade Federal De Viçosa.

United's three-year grant acceleration

United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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 United holds 6 patents at rank #43,824, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near United

By rank, the assignees closest to #43,824 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01K (Animal Husbandry)

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

United's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 38th percentile higher than 38% of 49,997 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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United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	16.7%
2021	2	33.3%
2022	1	16.7%
2023	1	16.7%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce patent most?

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

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G02F - Optical Devices OR Arrangements FOR THE Control OF Light BY Modification OF THE Optical Properties OF THE Media OF THE Elements Involved THEREIN; Non-linear OPTICS; Frequency-changing OF LIGHT; Optical Logic ELEMENTS; Optical ANALOGUE/DIGITAL Converters 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 6 of 6 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

United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce's lead technology class is A01K (Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01K
Ranked #43,824 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce against Unified Office, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.4/100 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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