Where does Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. ranks #4,515 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 Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. hold?

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. holds 78 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 48.2 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. focus on?

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 60 patents, ranking #11 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +15% 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 Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s patents average 15.3 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 Hanchett Entry Systems, 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

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 78 granted patents across 23 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hanchett ranks #4,515 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 78 patents across 23 technology areas.

#4,515
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.2/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: +15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4515 · US Corporation #4,515 · 78 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 78 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,515/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Garmin International
CPC-FOCUS E05B · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Garmin International, 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 Hanchett’s 48.2 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 15.1 pts (31%) Velocity 7.0 pts (14%) Breadth 17.0 pts (35%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Gachon University… · near

48
Fluidigm · near

48
Hanchett Entry Systems · this assignee

48
Radiant Innovation · near

48
Vuno · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanchett's Innovation Score is 48.2/100 (top 17% 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 Hanchett?

Each dot is one of Hanchett’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). Hanchett’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hanchett's grants concentrate

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 76.9% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (9 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, Hanchett sits between Garmin International, Inc. and KAO Germany GMBH.

Hanchett's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. moved from 22 to 23 grants (1.04x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Garmin Internatio…

78
Grote Industries

78
H B Fuller

78
Hongfujin Precisi…

78
Heptares Therapeu…

78
Indian Institute…

78
Interrad Medical

78
KAO Germany

78
Hanchett Entry Sy… ◀

78

What this shows Hanchett holds 78 patents at rank #4,517, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hanchett

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,517 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hanchett, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E05B (Locks), Hanchett ranks #11 of 815 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Fluidigm Corporation 48 Radiant Innovation Inc. 48 Vuno Inc. 48 Gachon University of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.3 here).

Seurat Technologies, Inc. 15.3 avg Focaltech Systems Co., Ltd. 15.3 avg Codexis, Inc. 15.3 avg Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation 15.3 avg

Hanchett's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% 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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Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	9.0%
2016	5	6.4%
2017	5	6.4%
2018	9	11.5%
2019	7	9.0%
2020	9	11.5%
2021	6	7.7%
2022	6	7.7%
2023	8	10.3%
2024	9	11.5%
2025partial year	7	9.0%

Which technologies does Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 60

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 34

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 20

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 11

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 9

E06B - Fixed OR Movable Closures FOR Openings IN Buildings, Vehicles, Fences OR Like Enclosures IN General, e.g. Doors, Windows, Blinds, Gates 6

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 5

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 4

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 3

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 2

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Top 15 of 23 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

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 76.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #4,515 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanchett Entry Systems, Inc. against Garmin International, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.2/100 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

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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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