Where does Hanover Prest-Paving Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanover Prest-Paving Company ranks #26,446 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 Hanover Prest-Paving Company hold?

Hanover Prest-Paving Company holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 3 technology areas.

What is Hanover Prest-Paving Company's Innovation Score?

Hanover Prest-Paving Company has an Innovation Score of 22.6 out of 100 (10th 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 Hanover Prest-Paving Company focus on?

Hanover Prest-Paving Company's top technology area is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors) with 5 patents, ranking #138 of 584 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 3 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hanover Prest-Paving Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hanover Prest-Paving Company's recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hanover Prest-Paving Company's patents?

Hanover Prest-Paving Company's patents average 10.8 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 Hanover Prest-Paving Company 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

Hanover Prest-Paving Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 3 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hanover ranks #26,446 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 3 technology areas.

#26,446
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 10th percentile
by Innovation Score (22.6/100): 10.8
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26446 · US Corporation #26,446 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,446/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou Innogate…
CPC-NARROW E04F · 3 areas
INNOV-THIN 22.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co., Ltd. (±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 Hanover’s 22.6 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 1.7 pts (8%) Breadth 6.1 pts (27%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Atlas Copco… · near

23
Hanover Prest-Paving · this assignee

23
Snacktops · near

23
G AND E International · near

23
Kimura Kohki · near

23
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanover's Innovation Score is 22.6/100 (10th 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 Hanover?

Each dot is one of Hanover’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). Hanover’s own 10.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hanover's grants concentrate

Hanover Prest-Paving Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 3 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, Hanover sits between Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co., Ltd. and Hearth Hounds, LLC.

Hanover's three-year grant acceleration

Hanover Prest-Paving Company shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Hangzhou Innogate…

10
Hangzhou Singclea…

10
Hankkija Oy

10
Hankscraft

10
Harken Incorporat…

10
Haynes Internatio…

10
Healthstream

10
Hearth Hounds

10
Hanover Prest-pav… ◀

10

What this shows Hanover holds 10 patents at rank #26,475, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hanover

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,475 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hanover, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings), Hanover ranks #138 of 584 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (23 here).

Atlas Copco Craelius AB 23 Snacktops, Inc. 23 G AND E International LLC 23 Kimura Kohki Co., Ltd. 23

Hanover's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

23 10th percentile higher than 10% of 49,997 US assignees

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hanover Prest-Paving Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	10.0%
2020	4	40.0%
2021	3	30.0%
2023	1	10.0%
2024	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Hanover Prest-Paving Company patent most?

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 5

E04D - Roof COVERINGS; SKY-LIGHTS; GUTTERS; Roof-working Tools 3

E01C - Construction OF, OR Surfaces FOR, Roads, Sports Grounds, OR THE LIKE; Machines OR Auxiliary Tools FOR Construction OR Repair 2

Top 3 of 3 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

Hanover Prest-Paving Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hanover Prest-Paving Company's lead technology class is E04F (Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E04F
Ranked #26,446 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanover Prest-Paving Company against Hangzhou Innogate Pharma Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 22.6/100 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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