Where does Hamilton Associates, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hamilton Associates, Inc. ranks #8,818 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 Hamilton Associates, Inc. hold?

Hamilton Associates, Inc. holds 36 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Hamilton Associates, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hamilton Associates, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 34.8 out of 100 (49th 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 Hamilton Associates, Inc. focus on?

Hamilton Associates, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 34 patents, ranking #449 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hamilton Associates, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +6% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Hamilton Associates, Inc.'s patents?

Hamilton Associates, Inc.'s patents average 20.7 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 Hamilton 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

Hamilton Associates, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 36 granted patents across 7 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hamilton ranks #8,818 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 36 patents across 7 technology areas.

#8,818
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 49th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.8/100): 20.7
avg claims per patent: +6%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8818 · US Corporation #8,818 · 36 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 36 grants
UPPER-Q #8,818/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Global Plasma…
CPC-NARROW G01N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.8/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +6% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Global Plasma Solutions, 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 Hamilton’s 34.8 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 12.5 pts (36%) Velocity 0.6 pts (2%) Breadth 9.4 pts (27%) Claim depth 12.4 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hamilton Associates · this assignee

35
Kotobuki & · near

35
Koyo Bearings North… · near

35
Mani · near

35
LexisNexis a… · near

35
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hamilton's Innovation Score is 34.8/100 (49th 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 Hamilton?

Each dot is one of Hamilton’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). Hamilton’s own 20.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hamilton's grants concentrate

Hamilton Associates, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 94.4% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hamilton sits between Global Plasma Solutions, Inc. and Hunan University OF Science AND Technology.

Hamilton's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hamilton Associates, Inc. moved from 23 to 2 grants (0.09x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Global Plasma Sol…

36
Globeimmune

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Graff Faucets

36
Hach Lange

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Han's Laser Techn…

36
Hiwin Mikrosystem

36
Hopto

36
Hunan University…

36
Hamilton Associat… ◀

36

What this shows Hamilton holds 36 patents at rank #8,816, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hamilton

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,816 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hamilton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Hamilton ranks #449 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Mani, Inc. 35 Kotobuki & Co., Ltd. 35 Koyo Bearings North America LLC 35 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. 35

Hamilton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 49th percentile higher than 49% 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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Hamilton Associates, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.8%
2017	3	8.3%
2018	6	16.7%
2019	7	19.4%
2020	7	19.4%
2021	9	25.0%
2022	1	2.8%
2024	1	2.8%
2025partial year	1	2.8%

Which technologies does Hamilton Associates, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 34

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 24

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 6

B01D - Separation 6

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Hamilton Associates, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 94.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #8,818 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hamilton Associates, Inc. against Global Plasma Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.8/100 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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