Where does Guardhat, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Guardhat, Inc. ranks #26,423 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 Guardhat, Inc. hold?

Guardhat, Inc. holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Guardhat, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Guardhat, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 22.7 out of 100 (11th 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 Guardhat, Inc. focus on?

Guardhat, Inc.'s top technology area is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings) with 7 patents, ranking #42 of 278 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Guardhat, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Guardhat, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -57% 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 Guardhat, Inc.'s patents?

Guardhat, Inc.'s patents average 6.3 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 Guardhat, 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

Guardhat, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: A42B (HATS; Head Coverings).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Guardhat ranks #26,423 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 9 technology areas.

#26,423
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 11th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.7/100): 6.3
avg claims per patent: -57%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26423 · US Corporation #26,423 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,423/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Grifols Therapeutics
CPC-NARROW A42B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.7/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -57% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Grifols Therapeutics 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 Guardhat’s 22.7 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 8.3 pts (37%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (47%) Claim depth 3.8 pts (17%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Guardhat · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Guardhat's Innovation Score is 22.7/100 (11th 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 Guardhat?

Each dot is one of Guardhat’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). Guardhat’s own 6.3 claims/patent is at or below the 11.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Guardhat's grants concentrate

Guardhat, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 70% of grants classified under A42B (HATS; Head Coverings). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Guardhat sits between Grifols Therapeutics Inc. and Hangzhou Lingban Technology Co. Ltd..

Grifols Therapeut…

10
Gritstone Bio

10
Groundspeak

10
Guangzhou Lianrou…

10
H2vr Holdco

10
Hangzhou Fufan In…

10
Hangzhou Hikmicro…

10
Hangzhou Lingban…

10
Guardhat ◀

10

What this shows Guardhat holds 10 patents at rank #26,421, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Guardhat

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,421 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A42B (HATS)

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

Guardhat's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 11th percentile higher than 11% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Guardhat, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	10.0%
2017	4	40.0%
2018	1	10.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Guardhat, Inc. patent most?

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 7

H04Q - Selecting 7

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 6

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

H04B - Transmission 1

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 1

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 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Guardhat, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Guardhat, Inc.'s lead technology class is A42B (HATS; Head Coverings), 70% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A42B
Ranked #26,423 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Guardhat, Inc. against Grifols Therapeutics Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.7/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.