LET I DENOTE AN IDEAL OF A NOETHERIAN RING R. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TALK IS TO INTRODUCE THE CONCEPTS OF QUINTASYMPTOTIC SEQUENCES OVER I AND QUINTASYMPTOTIC COGRADE OF I, AND IT IS SHOWN THAT THEY PLAY A ROLE ANALOGOUS TO QUINTESSENTIAL SEQUENCES OVER I AND QUINTESSENTIAL COGRADE OF I. ALSO, WE SHOW THAT, IF R IS LOCAL, THEN THE QUINTASYMPTOTIC COGRADE OF I IS UNAMBIGUOUSLY DEFINED AND BEHAVES WELL WHEN PASSING TO CERTAIN RELATED LOCAL RINGS. FINALLY, WE USE THIS COGRADE TO CHARACTERIZE TWO CLASSES OF LOCAL RINGS.