Where does Hansgrohe SE rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hansgrohe SE ranks #1,009 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 Hansgrohe SE hold?

Hansgrohe SE holds 435 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 23 technology areas.

What is Hansgrohe SE's Innovation Score?

Hansgrohe SE has an Innovation Score of 52.0 out of 100 (top 11% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hansgrohe SE focus on?

Hansgrohe SE's top technology area is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks) with 27 patents, ranking #13 of 262 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 23 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hansgrohe SE's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hansgrohe SE's recent grant velocity is +28% 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 Hansgrohe SE's patents?

Hansgrohe SE's patents average 2.4 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 Hansgrohe SE 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 Foreign Corporation

Hansgrohe SE

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 435 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: E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hansgrohe ranks #1,009 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 435 patents across 23 technology areas.

#1,009
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 11%
by Innovation Score (52.0/100): 2.4
avg claims per patent: +28%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1009 · Foreign Corporation #1,009 · 435 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 435 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,009/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Ferrari S p A
CPC-FOCUS E03C · 23 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.0/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +28% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Ferrari S.p.A. (±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 Hansgrohe’s 52.0 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 21.0 pts (40%) Velocity 12.6 pts (24%) Breadth 17.0 pts (33%) Claim depth 1.4 pts (3%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ascentage Pharma Group · near

52
American Megatrends · near

52
Greenlee Tools · near

52
Hansgrohe SE · this assignee

52
McCue · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hansgrohe's Innovation Score is 52.0/100 (top 11% 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 Hansgrohe?

Each dot is one of Hansgrohe’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). Hansgrohe’s own 2.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.1 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hansgrohe's grants concentrate

Hansgrohe SE is a focused PatentsView assignee: 23 CPC subclasses with 6.2% of grants classified under E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (75 grants) versus a trough of 11 in 2019. By volume, Hansgrohe sits between Block, Inc. and ResMed Corp..

Hansgrohe's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hansgrohe SE moved from 84 to 159 grants (1.89x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #242. See the growth leaderboard.

Block

437
Harris

437
Glaxosmithkline B…

436
Ferrari S p A

435
Hansgrohe SE ◀

435
Akamai

434
National Chiao Tu…

434
Panduit

434
Resmed

434

What this shows Hansgrohe holds 435 patents at rank #1,009, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hansgrohe

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,009 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hansgrohe, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste…), Hansgrohe ranks #13 of 262 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

American Megatrends, Inc. 52 Greenlee Tools, Inc. 52 McCue Corporation 52 Ascentage Pharma Group Corp Limited 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.4 here).

Reckitt Benckiser Health Limited 2.4 avg Shenzhen Neewer Technology Co. Ltd 2.4 avg Vornado Air, LLC 2.4 avg Fiduciary Benchmarks Insights, LLC 2.4 avg

Hansgrohe's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 11% higher than 89% 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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Hansgrohe SE patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	16	3.7%
2016	56	12.9%
2017	23	5.3%
2018	75	17.2%
2019	11	2.5%
2020	29	6.7%
2021	44	10.1%
2022	33	7.6%
2023	62	14.3%
2024	64	14.7%
2025partial year	22	5.1%

Which technologies does Hansgrohe SE patent most?

E03C - Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks 27

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 22

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 7

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 7

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 4

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

E03B - Installations OR Methods FOR Obtaining, Collecting, OR Distributing Water 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

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

Hansgrohe SE's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hansgrohe SE's lead technology class is E03C (Domestic Plumbing Installations FOR Fresh Water OR Waste Water ; Sinks), 6.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03C
Ranked #1,009 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hansgrohe SE against Block, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.0/100 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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