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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hadal, Inc. ranks #11,272 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 Hadal, Inc. hold?

Hadal, Inc. holds 27 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is Hadal, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hadal, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 43.2 out of 100 (top 29% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hadal, Inc. focus on?

Hadal, Inc.'s top technology area is B63G (Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers) with 14 patents, ranking #4 of 124 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hadal, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -7% 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 Hadal, Inc.'s patents?

Hadal, Inc.'s patents average 17.1 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 Hadal, 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

Hadal, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 27 granted patents across 28 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B63G (Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hadal ranks #11,272 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 27 patents across 28 technology areas.

#11,272
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 29%
by Innovation Score (43.2/100): 17.1
avg claims per patent: -7%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11272 · US Corporation #11,272 · 27 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 27 grants
UPPER-Q #11,272/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH H4X e U
CPC-FOCUS B63G · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT -7% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: H4X e.U. (±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 Hadal’s 43.2 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 11.5 pts (27%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 18.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hadal · this assignee

43
MacDon Industries · near

43
Meijo University · near

43
Taiho Pharmaceutical · near

43
Volterra Semiconductor · near

43
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hadal's Innovation Score is 43.2/100 (top 29% 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 Hadal?

Each dot is one of Hadal’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). Hadal’s own 17.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hadal's grants concentrate

Hadal, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 51.9% of grants classified under B63G (Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Hadal sits between H4X e.U. and Hound Labs, Inc..

Hadal's three-year grant acceleration

Hadal, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 10 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.

H4X e U

27
Halio

27
Helmholtz-zentrum…

27
Hydac Process Tec…

27
Hangzhou Normal U…

27
Helmholtz-zentrum…

27
Honor Metro

27
Hound Labs

27
Hadal ◀

27

What this shows Hadal holds 27 patents at rank #11,273, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hadal

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,273 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63G (Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON Vessels)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hadal, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B63G (Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON Vessels), Hadal ranks #4 of 124 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (43 here).

Meijo University 43 Volterra Semiconductor LLC 43 MacDon Industries Ltd. 43 Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 43

Hadal's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

43 Top 29% higher than 71% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hadal, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	14.8%
2016	3	11.1%
2017	4	14.8%
2018	2	7.4%
2019	1	3.7%
2020	3	11.1%
2021	6	22.2%
2022	2	7.4%
2023	1	3.7%
2024	1	3.7%

Which technologies does Hadal, Inc. patent most?

B63G - Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers 14

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 14

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 11

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 10

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 10

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 9

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 8

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 7

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 7

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 7

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 7

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 5

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 5

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 4

G01V - GEOPHYSICS; Gravitational MEASUREMENTS; Detecting Masses OR OBJECTS; Tags 3

Top 15 of 28 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

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

Hadal, Inc.'s lead technology class is B63G (Offensive OR Defensive Arrangements ON VESSELS; MINE-LAYING; MINE-SWEEPING; SUBMARINES; Aircraft Carriers), 51.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63G
Ranked #11,272 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hadal, Inc. against H4X e.U., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.2/100 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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