Where does Valmont Industries, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Valmont Industries, Inc. ranks #3,242 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 Valmont Industries, Inc. hold?

Valmont Industries, Inc. holds 116 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 79 technology areas.

What is Valmont Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Valmont Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 54.3 out of 100 (top 8% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Valmont Industries, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Valmont Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +128% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Valmont Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Valmont Industries, Inc.'s patents average 11.8 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 Valmont Industries, 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

Valmont Industries, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Valmont Industries, Inc. focus on?

Valmont Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 60 patents. Grants appear in 79 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 116 granted patents across 79 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Valmont ranks #3,242 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 116 patents across 79 technology areas.

#3,242
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 8%
by Innovation Score (54.3/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: +128%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3242 · US Corporation #3,242 · 116 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 116 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,242/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Shanghai Huahong…
CPC-WIDE A01G · 79 areas
INNOV-PAR 54.3/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +128% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Adtran · near

54
ETO Magnetic · near

54
Canon Production… · near

54
Suntory Holdings · near

54
Valmont Industries · this assignee

54
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Valmont's Innovation Score is 54.3/100 (top 8% 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.

How Valmont's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Valmont Industries, Inc. received 73 grants versus 32 in 2015–2019 (+128% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2021 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2018 at 4. Lead class A01G accounts for 51.7% of the portfolio across 79 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (#3,238) and Achates Power, Inc. (#3,246).

Valmont's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Valmont Industries, Inc. moved from 44 to 38 grants (0.86x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #1,613. See the growth leaderboard.

Shanghai Huahong…

116
Terumo BCT

116
UCL Business

116
Unirac

116
Wiwynn

116
Valmont Industries ◀

116
Abus August Bremi…

115
Aledia

115
Achates Power

115

What this shows Valmont holds 116 patents at rank #3,242, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Valmont

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,242 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Valmont, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (54 here).

Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. 54 Suntory Holdings Limited 54 Adtran, Inc. 54 ETO Magnetic GMBH 54

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (11.8 here).

Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG and PH 11.8 avg Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest 11.8 avg Canoo Technologies Inc. 11.8 avg Harting Electronics GmbH 11.8 avg

Valmont's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

54 Top 8% higher than 92% 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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Valmont Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	6.0%
2016	7	6.0%
2017	5	4.3%
2018	4	3.4%
2019	9	7.8%
2020	12	10.3%
2021	23	19.8%
2022	14	12.1%
2023	10	8.6%
2024	14	12.1%
2025partial year	11	9.5%

Which technologies does Valmont Industries, Inc. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 60

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 15

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 14

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 11

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 10

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 9

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 8

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 5

H04B - Transmission 5

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 5

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 4

E01D - Construction OF Bridges, ; Elevated ROADWAYS; OR VIADUCTS; Assembly OF Bridges 4

Top 15 of 79 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#3,242

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

54.3 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Valmont Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Valmont Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 51.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #3,242 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Valmont Industries, Inc. against Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 54.3/100 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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