Where does Capital Hardware Supply, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Capital Hardware Supply, LLC ranks #39,318 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 Capital Hardware Supply, LLC hold?

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's Innovation Score?

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC has an Innovation Score of 35.7 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Capital Hardware Supply, LLC focus on?

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's top technology area is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening) with 6 patents, ranking #156 of 885 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

Is Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's recent grant velocity is +100% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's patents?

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's patents average 17.2 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 Capital Hardware Supply, LLC 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

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Capital ranks #39,318 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#39,318
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.7/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R39318 · US Corporation #39,318 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #39,318/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Cantex Pharmaceuticals
CPC-NARROW F24F · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (±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 Capital’s 35.7 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 6.7 pts (19%) Velocity 10.0 pts (28%) Breadth 8.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Capital Hardware… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Capital's Innovation Score is 35.7/100 (top 49% 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 Capital?

Each dot is one of Capital’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). Capital’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Capital's grants concentrate

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Capital sits between Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Caracal International, LLC.

Capital's three-year grant acceleration

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Cantex Pharmaceut…

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What this shows Capital holds 6 patents at rank #39,499, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Capital

By rank, the assignees closest to #39,499 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F24F (Air-conditioning)

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

Capital's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Capital Hardware Supply, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%
2023	2	33.3%
2024	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Capital Hardware Supply, LLC patent most?

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 6

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 3

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 2

B60H - Arrangements OF Heating, Cooling, Ventilating OR Other Air-treating Devices Specially Adapted FOR Passenger OR Goods Spaces OF Vehicles 1

B21K - Making Forged OR Pressed Metal Products, e.g. Horse-shoes, Rivets, Bolts OR Wheels 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Capital Hardware Supply, LLC's lead technology class is F24F (AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F24F
Ranked #39,318 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Capital Hardware Supply, LLC against Cantex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.7/100 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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