Where does Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. ranks #15,319 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 Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. hold?

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.0 out of 100 (46th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. focus on?

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 13 patents, ranking #292 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -94% 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 Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s patents average 18.3 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 Gordon*Howard Associates, 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

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Gordon*howard ranks #15,319 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,319
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 46th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.0/100): 18.3
avg claims per patent: -94%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15319 · US Corporation #15,319 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,319/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Georgia-Pacific
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -94% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Georgia-Pacific LLC (±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 Gordon*howard’s 34.0 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 10.3 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 12.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 11.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Gordon*Howard… · this assignee

34
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Gordon*howard's Innovation Score is 34.0/100 (46th 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 Gordon*howard?

Each dot is one of Gordon*howard’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). Gordon*howard’s own 18.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Gordon*howard's grants concentrate

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 68.4% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Gordon*howard sits between Georgia-Pacific LLC and H. K. Designs Inc..

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Guangxi University

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What this shows Gordon*Howard holds 19 patents at rank #15,320, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Gordon*Howard

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,320 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Gordon*Howard's primary technology class.

Gordon*howard's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

34 46th percentile higher than 46% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	42.1%
2016	3	15.8%
2017	5	26.3%
2018	2	10.5%
2020	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 13

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 7

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 5

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 5

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 5

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 2

G09B - Educational OR Demonstration APPLIANCES; Appliances FOR Teaching, OR Communicating With, THE Blind, Deaf OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; Diagrams 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #15,319 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. against Georgia-Pacific LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.0/100 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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