Where does Woodstream Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Woodstream Corporation ranks #2,955 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 Woodstream Corporation hold?

Woodstream Corporation holds 129 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is Woodstream Corporation's Innovation Score?

Woodstream Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Woodstream Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Woodstream Corporation's recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Woodstream Corporation's patents?

Woodstream Corporation's patents average 15.7 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 Woodstream Corporation 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

Woodstream Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Woodstream Corporation focus on?

Woodstream Corporation's top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 54 patents, ranking #4 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 129 granted patents across 33 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Woodstream ranks #2,955 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 129 patents across 33 technology areas.

#2,955
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2955 · US Corporation #2,955 · 129 grants

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

GRANTS-MID 129 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,955/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Omega
CPC-FOCUS A01M · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Omega SA (±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 Woodstream’s 52.5 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 16.8 pts (32%) Velocity 5.9 pts (11%) Breadth 20.3 pts (39%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Becton Dickinson… · near

52
Bundesdruckerei · near

52
Sakai Display Products · near

52
Statoil Petroleum AS · near

52
Woodstream · this assignee

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Woodstream's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 Woodstream?

Each dot is one of Woodstream’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). Woodstream’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Woodstream's grants concentrate

Woodstream Corporation is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 41.9% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (17 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2023. By volume, Woodstream sits between Omega SA and Cytec Industries, Inc..

Woodstream's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Woodstream Corporation moved from 36 to 32 grants (0.89x 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 #1,520. See the growth leaderboard.

Omega

129
Omnissa

129
Swagelok

129
University OF Sou…

129
Woodstream ◀

129
Akzo Nobel Coatin…

128
Automotive Resear…

128
Beijing Kuaimajia…

128
Cytec Industries

128

What this shows Woodstream holds 129 patents at rank #2,955, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Woodstream

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,955 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Woodstream, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01M (Catching), Woodstream ranks #4 of 292 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Statoil Petroleum AS 52 Bundesdruckerei GMBH 52 Becton Dickinson France 52 Sakai Display Products Corporation 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Ping AN Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. 15.7 avg Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 15.7 avg Taoglas Group Holdings Limited 15.7 avg Deere & Company 15.7 avg

Woodstream's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% 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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Woodstream Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	12.4%
2016	12	9.3%
2017	15	11.6%
2018	10	7.8%
2019	10	7.8%
2020	17	13.2%
2021	9	7.0%
2022	15	11.6%
2023	5	3.9%
2024	12	9.3%
2025partial year	8	6.2%

Which technologies does Woodstream Corporation patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 54

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 51

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 9

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 8

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

A01N - Preservation OF Bodies OF Humans OR Animals OR Plants OR Parts Thereof ; Biocides, e.g. AS Disinfectants, AS Pesticides OR AS Herbicides ; Pest Repellants OR ATTRACTANTS; Plant Growth Regulators 5

Y04S - Systems Integrating Technologies Related TO Power Network Operation, Communication OR Information Technologies FOR Improving THE Electrical Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Management OR Usage, i.e. Smart Grids 5

H04M - Telephonic Communication 5

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 4

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 2

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 2

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 15 of 33 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

Woodstream Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Woodstream Corporation's lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 41.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #2,955 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Woodstream Corporation against Omega SA, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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

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