Where does Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. ranks #3,733 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 Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. hold?

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. holds 97 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +689% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s patents?

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s patents average 2.1 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 Harbor Freight Tools USA, 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

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. focus on?

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s top technology area is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding) with 2 patents, ranking #258 of 768 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 97 granted patents across 11 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: B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Harbor ranks #3,733 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 97 patents across 11 technology areas.

#3,733
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 2.1
avg claims per patent: +689%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3733 · US Corporation #3,733 · 97 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 97 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,733/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Dongguan Jiasheng…
CPC-FOCUS B25B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 2.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +689% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Dongguan Jiasheng Lighting Technology 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 Harbor’s 32.8 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 15.8 pts (48%) Velocity 4.0 pts (12%) Breadth 11.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 1.2 pts (4%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
NeoMed · near

33
Harbor Freight… · this assignee

33
Life Fitness · near

33
Shire-nps Pharmaceut… · near

33
Tosense · near

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Harbor's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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 Harbor?

Each dot is one of Harbor’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). Harbor’s own 2.1 claims/patent is at or below the 13.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Harbor's grants concentrate

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 2.1% of grants classified under B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (22 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Harbor sits between Dongguan Jiasheng Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. and Lord Corporation.

Harbor's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. moved from 47 to 28 grants (0.60x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Dongguan Jiasheng…

97
DSP Group

97
Dynasty Footwear

97
Eppendorf

97
Immunolight

97
Koninklijke Phili…

97
Korea Institute o…

97
Lord

97
Harbor Freight To… ◀

97

What this shows Harbor holds 97 patents at rank #3,733, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Harbor

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,733 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Harbor, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices), Harbor ranks #258 of 768 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (33 here).

Life Fitness, LLC 33 Tosense, Inc. 33 Shire-nps Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 33 NeoMed, Inc. 33

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (2.1 here).

Global Trademarks, Inc. 2.1 avg Brio Water Technology, Inc. 2.1 avg Zwilling J.A. Henckels AG 2.1 avg Epoch Company, Ltd. 2.0 avg

Harbor's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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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Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	4.1%
2017	1	1.0%
2019	4	4.1%
2020	22	22.7%
2021	21	21.6%
2022	6	6.2%
2023	12	12.4%
2024	10	10.3%
2025partial year	17	17.5%

Which technologies does Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. patent most?

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 2

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 2

B02C - Crushing, Pulverising, OR Disintegrating IN GENERAL; Milling Grain 2

B27L - Removing Bark OR Vestiges OF Branches ; Splitting WOOD; Manufacture OF Veneer, Wooden Sticks, Wood Shavings, Wood Fibres OR Wood Powder 2

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

B62B - Hand-propelled Vehicles, e.g. Hand Carts OR PERAMBULATORS; Sledges 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 1

B27B - Saws FOR Wood OR Similar MATERIAL; Components OR Accessories Therefor 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc.'s lead technology class is B25B (Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding), 2.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B25B
Ranked #3,733 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. against Dongguan Jiasheng Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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

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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