Where does Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. ranks #9,710 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 Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. hold?

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. holds 32 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 20 technology areas.

What is Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.1 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. focus on?

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 14 patents, ranking #73 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 20 CPC subclasses total.

Is Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +31% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s patents?

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s patents average 19.0 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 Austin Hardware & Supply, 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

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 32 granted patents across 20 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Austin ranks #9,710 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 32 patents across 20 technology areas.

#9,710
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.1/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +31%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9710 · US Corporation #9,710 · 32 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 32 grants
UPPER-Q #9,710/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ariel-University…
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 20 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +31% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ariel-University Research and Development Company Ltd. (±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 Austin’s 43.1 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 12.1 pts (28%) Velocity 3.8 pts (9%) Breadth 15.8 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Apollo Tyres Global… · near

43
Atrium Medical · near

43
Austin Hardware &… · this assignee

43
Choon's Design · near

43
Xcerra · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Austin's Innovation Score is 43.1/100 (top 29% 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 Austin?

Each dot is one of Austin’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). Austin’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Austin's grants concentrate

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 20 CPC subclasses with 43.8% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Austin sits between Ariel-University Research and Development Company Ltd. and Biosurfit, S.A..

Austin's three-year grant acceleration

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 14 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.

Ariel-university…

32
Arrcus

32
Arrinex

32
Asfora IP

32
Avantium Knowledg…

32
Bechtel Hydrocarb…

32
BIO Clean Environ…

32
Biosurfit

32
Austin Hardware &… ◀

32

What this shows Austin holds 32 patents at rank #9,712, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Austin

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,712 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Austin, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E05B (Locks), Austin ranks #73 of 815 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Xcerra Corporation 43 Apollo Tyres Global R&D B.V. 43 Choon's Design LLC 43 Atrium Medical Corporation 43

Austin's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% 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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Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	6.3%
2016	5	15.6%
2018	1	3.1%
2019	5	15.6%
2020	5	15.6%
2021	4	12.5%
2022	3	9.4%
2023	3	9.4%
2024	2	6.3%
2025partial year	2	6.3%

Which technologies does Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 14

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 11

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 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 9

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 9

B21C - Manufacture OF Metal Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Profiles OR Like Semi-manufactured Products Otherwise Than BY ROLLING; Auxiliary Operations Used IN Connection With Metal-working Without Essentially Removing Material 5

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 4

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 3

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 2

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 2

F25D - REFRIGERATORS; Cold ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; Cooling OR Freezing Apparatus NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 20 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

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc.'s lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 43.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #9,710 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Austin Hardware & Supply, Inc. against Ariel-University Research and Development Company Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.1/100 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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