Where does Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. ranks #4,927 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 Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. hold?

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 25 technology areas.

What is Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. has an Innovation Score of 50.3 out of 100 (top 13% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. focus on?

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s top technology area is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing) with 36 patents, ranking #19 of 302 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 25 CPC subclasses total.

Is Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -42% 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 Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents?

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patents average 16.5 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 Unverferth Manufacturing Co., 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

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 25 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: A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Unverferth ranks #4,927 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 25 technology areas.

#4,927
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 13%
by Innovation Score (50.3/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4927 · US Corporation #4,927 · 71 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,927/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH The Vollrath L L C
CPC-FOCUS A01D · 25 areas
INNOV-PAR 50.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. (±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 Unverferth’s 50.3 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 14.8 pts (29%) Velocity 8.0 pts (16%) Breadth 17.7 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Castrol · near

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Cytokinetics · near

50
Inmar Clearing · near

50
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50
Unverferth Manufactu… · this assignee

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Unverferth's Innovation Score is 50.3/100 (top 13% 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 Unverferth?

Each dot is one of Unverferth’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). Unverferth’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Unverferth's grants concentrate

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 25 CPC subclasses with 50.7% of grants classified under A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Unverferth sits between The Vollrath Company, L.L.C. and Yuan MEI Corp..

Unverferth's three-year grant acceleration

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. shows 18 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

The Vollrath L L C

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Universiteit Antw…

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University OF Sci…

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Universite de Lor…

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University of Lee…

71
Varroc Lighting S…

71
Yuan MEI

71
Unverferth Manufa… ◀

71

What this shows Unverferth holds 71 patents at rank #4,925, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Unverferth

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,925 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01D (Harvesting)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Unverferth, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01D (Harvesting), Unverferth ranks #19 of 302 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Inmar Clearing, Inc. 50 Cytokinetics, Inc. 50 Castrol Limited 50 Nautilus Hyosung America, Inc. 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.5 here).

Checkpoint Systems, Inc. 16.5 avg Nuscale Power, LLC 16.5 avg Fingerprint Cards AB 16.5 avg SoftBank Corp. 16.5 avg

Unverferth's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 13% higher than 87% 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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Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	9	12.7%
2016	7	9.9%
2017	11	15.5%
2018	8	11.3%
2019	8	11.3%
2020	5	7.0%
2021	2	2.8%
2022	5	7.0%
2023	8	11.3%
2024	5	7.0%
2025partial year	3	4.2%

Which technologies does Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. patent most?

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 36

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 36

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 23

A01B - Soil Working IN Agriculture OR FORESTRY; Parts, Details, OR Accessories OF Agricultural Machines OR Implements, IN General 19

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 10

A01C - PLANTING; SOWING; Fertilising 10

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 7

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 7

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 5

B60D - Vehicle Connections 4

G01G - Weighing 3

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 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 2

Top 15 of 25 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

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc.'s lead technology class is A01D (HARVESTING; Mowing), 50.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01D
Ranked #4,927 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc. against The Vollrath Company, L.L.C., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 50.3/100 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.

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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