Where does Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. ranks #4,882 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 Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. hold?

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. holds 71 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2025, spanning 65 technology areas.

What is Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 52.2 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +13% 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 Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s patents average 13.0 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 Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. 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

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants) with 19 patents, ranking #100 of 744 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 65 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 71 granted patents across 65 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2025. 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: F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hanwha ranks #4,882 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 71 patents across 65 technology areas.

#4,882
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.2/100): 13.0
avg claims per patent: +13%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4882 · Foreign Corporation #4,882 · 71 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 71 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,882/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Freedom Scientific
CPC-WIDE F05D · 65 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +13% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Freedom Scientific, 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 Hanwha’s 52.2 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 14.8 pts (28%) Velocity 4.6 pts (9%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 7.8 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Calix · near

52
Pacira Pharmaceuticals · near

52
Shinshu University · near

52
Hanwha Aerospace · this assignee

52
Zuiko · near

52
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanwha's Innovation Score is 52.2/100 (top 10% 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 Hanwha?

Each dot is one of Hanwha’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). Hanwha’s own 13.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Hanwha's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. received 36 grants versus 32 in 2015–2019 (+13% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2019 at 23 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 3. Lead class F05D accounts for 26.8% of the portfolio across 65 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Freedom Scientific, Inc. (#4,878) and Innoplexus AG (#4,886).

Hanwha's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. moved from 35 to 24 grants (0.69x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Freedom Scientific

71
Fujitsu Technolog…

71
Guangdong Aoyun T…

71
Handylab

71
Hefei Midea Refri…

71
Heineken Supply C…

71
Hyperfine Research

71
Innoplexus

71
Hanwha Aerospace ◀

71

What this shows Hanwha holds 71 patents at rank #4,882, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hanwha

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,882 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-disp…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hanwha, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-disp…), Hanwha ranks #100 of 744 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (52 here).

Zuiko Corporation 52 Calix, Inc. 52 Shinshu University 52 Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 52

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.0 here).

LS Cable & System Ltd. 13.0 avg Idemia Identity & Security France 13.0 avg Siemens Mobility GmbH 13.0 avg Continental Automotive France 13.0 avg

Hanwha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

52 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	9	12.7%
2019	23	32.4%
2020	9	12.7%
2021	3	4.2%
2022	3	4.2%
2023	10	14.1%
2024	11	15.5%
2025partial year	3	4.2%

Which technologies does Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. patent most?

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 19

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 12

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 9

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 9

F02C - Gas-turbine PLANTS; AIR Intakes FOR Jet-propulsion PLANTS; Controlling Fuel Supply IN Air-breathing Jet-propulsion Plants 7

F23R - Generating Combustion Products OF High Pressure OR High Velocity, e.g. Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers 7

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

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 5

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 5

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 5

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 5

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 4

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 4

Top 15 of 65 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

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is F05D (Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants), 26.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F05D
Ranked #4,882 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanwha Aerospace Co., Ltd. against Freedom Scientific, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.2/100 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.

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

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