Where does Carter-hoffmann LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Carter-hoffmann LLC ranks #16,666 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 Carter-hoffmann LLC hold?

Carter-hoffmann LLC holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Carter-hoffmann LLC's Innovation Score?

Carter-hoffmann LLC has an Innovation Score of 34.1 out of 100 (47th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Carter-hoffmann LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Carter-hoffmann LLC's recent grant velocity is -73% 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 Carter-hoffmann LLC's patents?

Carter-hoffmann LLC's patents average 11.8 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 Carter-hoffmann 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

Carter-hoffmann LLC

Q: What technology areas does Carter-hoffmann LLC focus on?

Carter-hoffmann LLC's top technology area is 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) with 4 patents, ranking #222 of 729 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

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).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Carter-hoffmann ranks #16,666 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 15 technology areas.

#16,666
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 47th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.1/100): 11.8
avg claims per patent: -73%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

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

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,666/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH C-lecta
CPC-FOCUS E05Y · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -73% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

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.

How Carter-hoffmann’s 34.1 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 10.0 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 13.7 pts (40%) Claim depth 7.1 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Carter-hoffmann · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Carter-hoffmann's Innovation Score is 34.1/100 (47th percentile 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 Carter-hoffmann?

Each dot is one of Carter-hoffmann’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). Carter-hoffmann’s own 11.8 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Carter-hoffmann's grants concentrate

Carter-hoffmann LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 23.5% of grants classified under 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). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Carter-hoffmann sits between C-lecta GMBH and Cellmax Technologies AB.

Carter-hoffmann's three-year grant acceleration

Carter-hoffmann LLC shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

C-lecta

17
Calb Technology

17
Cambia Health Sol…

17
Cane-line A/S

17
Catheter Precision

17
CCS

17
Cellcontrol

17
Cellmax AB

17
Carter-hoffmann ◀

17

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.

Companies ranked near Carter-hoffmann

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,664 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05Y (Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f)

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 47th percentile higher than 47% 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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Carter-hoffmann LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
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%

Which technologies does Carter-hoffmann LLC patent most?

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 4

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 4

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

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

A47J - Kitchen EQUIPMENT; Coffee MILLS; Spice MILLS; Apparatus FOR Making Beverages 3

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

F24C - Domestic Stoves OR Ranges ; Details OF Domestic Stoves OR Ranges, OF General Application 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

Top 15 of 15 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

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Carter-hoffmann LLC's lead technology class is 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), 23.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05Y
Ranked #16,666 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Carter-hoffmann LLC against C-lecta GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.1/100 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.

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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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