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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. ranks #9,048 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 Defense Co., Ltd. hold?

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2022, spanning 43 technology areas.

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

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 47.8 out of 100 (top 18% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables) with 11 patents, ranking #315 of 2,515 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 43 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +189% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd.'s patents average 16.0 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 Defense 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 Defense Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 43 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2022. 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: G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hanwha ranks #9,048 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 43 technology areas.

#9,048
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 18%
by Innovation Score (47.8/100): 16.0
avg claims per patent: +189%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9048 · Foreign Corporation #9,048 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,048/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH GKN Driveline North…
CPC-WIDE G05D · 43 areas
INNOV-PAR 47.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +189% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: GKN Driveline North America, 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 47.8 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 12.4 pts (26%) Velocity 2.7 pts (6%) Breadth 23.2 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.6 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Danby Products · near

48
GEM · near

48
Hanwha Defense · this assignee

48
Marposs Societa'… · near

48
Mexichem Amanco… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanwha's Innovation Score is 47.8/100 (top 18% 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 16.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.6 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.

Where Hanwha's grants concentrate

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 43 CPC subclasses with 31.4% of grants classified under G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (11 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2021. By volume, Hanwha sits between GKN Driveline North America, Inc. and Hanlong Industrial Co., Ltd..

Hanwha's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. moved from 25 to 10 grants (0.40x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

GKN Driveline Nor…

35
Global Technology

35
Gomaco

35
Guangzhou Luxvisi…

35
HJC

35
Horton

35
Hydrojug

35
Hanlong Industrial

35
Hanwha Defense ◀

35

What this shows Hanwha holds 35 patents at rank #9,044, 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 #9,044 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables)

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 G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), Hanwha ranks #315 of 2,515 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Danby Products Limited 48 GEM Co., Ltd. 48 Mexichem Amanco Holdings S.A. de C.V. 48 Marposs Societa' Per Azioni 48

Hanwha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 18% higher than 82% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2022

Grants by year

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

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Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	9	25.7%
2020	11	31.4%
2021	5	14.3%
2022	10	28.6%

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

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 11

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 7

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 7

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 5

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 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

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 4

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

F42B - Explosive Charges, e.g. FOR Blasting, Fireworks, Ammunition 3

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 3

B64U - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [UAV]; Equipment Therefor 2

Top 15 of 43 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

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

Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is G05D (Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables), 31.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G05D
Ranked #9,048 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanwha Defense Co., Ltd. against GKN Driveline North America, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 47.8/100 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

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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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