Overall rank by patents
#16,666
of 50,000 tracked assignees
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 15 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: 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, DETAIL).
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Carter-hoffmann ranks #16,666 of 50,000 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R16666 · US Corporation #16,666 · 17 grants
GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL
Nearest grant-volume peer: C-lecta Gmbh (±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.
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
Carter-hoffmann · this assignee
34 score
3D Lighting Innovati… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Carter-hoffmann Llc stamps GRANTS-MICRO, MID-PACK, PHOTO-FINISH, CPC-FOCUS, INNOV-THIN, CLAIMS-PAR, TYPE-USCORP, VEL-DROP, BOOK-FULL. Volume places it #16,666 of 50,000; Innovation Score 34.1/100 sits in the top 53% of the PatentsView-derived corpus. Closest grant-volume peer on this plate is C-lecta Gmbh (±0 grants).
Carter-hoffmann Llc has been granted 17 US utility patents between 2015 and 2025, placing Carter-hoffmann Llc at #16,666 of 50,000 across all assignees tracked by PlainPatent. This portfolio spans 15 distinct Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) subclasses, averaging 11.8 claims per patent with primary concentration in 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, DETAIL). As a US Corporation, Carter-hoffmann Llc is one of the more focused assignees in the PatentsView dataset. By volume, Carter-hoffmann sits between C-lecta Gmbh (17 patents, rank #16,660) and Cellmax Technologies AB (17 patents, rank #16,668) - the closest US assignees by grant volume. The composite Innovation Score of 34.1/100 blends portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth into a single comparable measure drawn directly from USPTO PatentsView records.
Grant cadence records the difference between two grant-year windows. Between 2020 and 2024 the company received 3 grants, compared with 11 in the 2015–2019 window, a -73% shift in five-year grant velocity. Both windows cover five complete grant years; the latest PatentsView year is a partial release and is excluded from this comparison, though it still appears in the yearly table and chart below. Grant timing can lag the related application by years, so this comparison does not establish current R&D spending, strategic intent, or a company’s application activity. The US Corporation classification provides context for the assignee record, not a conclusion about its business strategy.
Claim depth and technology breadth describe this aggregate record. Carter-hoffmann Llc's 11.8 average claims per patent is an average count, not a measure of claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk. The record spans 15 CPC subclasses. Combined with portfolio volume, these figures let readers compare the documented grant records of assignees in similar technology classes.
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
C-LECTA GMBH
17 patents
CALB Technology Co., Ltd.
17 patents
CAMBIA HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
17 patents
CANE-LINE A/S
17 patents
CATHETER PRECISION, INC.
17 patents
CCS INC.
17 patents
CELLCONTROL, INC.
17 patents
CELLMAX TECHNOLOGIES AB
17 patents
CARTER-HOFFMANN LLC
17 patents
What this shows Carter-hoffmann holds 17 patents at rank #16,664, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
By rank, the assignees closest to #16,664 in granted patent volume.
Other assignees with the most granted patents in Carter-hoffmann's primary technology class.
Carter-hoffmann's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
34 Top 53% higher than 47% of 50,000 US assignees
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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2018 | 4 | 23.5% |
| 2019 | 6 | 35.3% |
| 2024 | 3 | 17.6% |
| 2025partial year | 3 | 17.6% |
Top 15 of 15 technology areas
Overall rank by patents
#16,666
of 50,000 tracked assignees
34.1 out of 100
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