Where does Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH ranks #7,144 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 Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH hold?

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH holds 46 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 31 technology areas.

What is Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's Innovation Score?

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH has an Innovation Score of 46.9 out of 100 (top 20% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's recent grant velocity is +173% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's patents?

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's patents average 10.5 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH focus on?

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's top technology area is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking) with 32 patents, ranking #32 of 1,343 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 31 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH 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 PatentsView assignee record - 46 granted patents across 31 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: B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Harro ranks #7,144 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 46 patents across 31 technology areas.

#7,144
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 20%
by Innovation Score (46.9/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: +173%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R7144 · Foreign Corporation #7,144 · 46 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 46 grants
UPPER-Q #7,144/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Foro Energy
CPC-FOCUS B65B · 31 areas
INNOV-PAR 46.9/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +173% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Foro Energy, 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 Harro’s 46.9 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 13.3 pts (28%) Velocity 7.6 pts (16%) Breadth 19.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
ECO Holding 1 · near

47
Harro Hoefliger… · this assignee

47
Magna Powertrain · near

47
UTC Fire & Security · near

47
Zensun (Shanghai)… · near

47
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Harro's Innovation Score is 46.9/100 (top 20% 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 Harro?

Each dot is one of Harro’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). Harro’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 11.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Harro's grants concentrate

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 31 CPC subclasses with 69.6% of grants classified under B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Harro sits between Foro Energy, Inc. and IO Tech Group Ltd..

Harro's three-year grant acceleration

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH shows 17 grants in 2022–2024 against only 15 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.

Foro Energy

46
Gamesa Innovation…

46
GE Jenbacher OG

46
Horteve Breeding…

46
Hay Aps

46
Hisense Laser Dis…

46
I-tek Metal MFG

46
IO Tech Group

46
Harro Hoefliger V… ◀

46

What this shows Harro holds 46 patents at rank #7,145, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Harro

By rank, the assignees closest to #7,145 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65B (Machines)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Harro, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B65B (Machines), Harro ranks #32 of 1,343 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (47 here).

UTC Fire & Security Corporation 47 Magna Powertrain, Inc. 47 Zensun (Shanghai) Science & Technology, Co., Ltd. 47 ECO Holding 1 GmbH 47

Harro's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

47 Top 20% higher than 80% 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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Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	6.5%
2016	2	4.3%
2017	3	6.5%
2018	1	2.2%
2019	2	4.3%
2020	7	15.2%
2021	6	13.0%
2022	7	15.2%
2023	4	8.7%
2024	6	13.0%
2025partial year	5	10.9%

Which technologies does Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH patent most?

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 32

A61J - Containers Specially Adapted FOR Medical OR Pharmaceutical PURPOSES; Devices OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Bringing Pharmaceutical Products Into Particular Physical OR Administering FORMS; Devices FOR Administering Food OR Medicines ORALLY; Baby COMFORTERS; Devices FOR Receiving Spittle 20

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 11

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 6

G01G - Weighing 5

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

B65H - Handling Thin OR Filamentary Material, e.g. Sheets, Webs, Cables 4

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 4

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 3

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 3

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 2

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 2

Top 15 of 31 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

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH's lead technology class is B65B (Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking), 69.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65B
Ranked #7,144 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Harro Hoefliger Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH against Foro Energy, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 46.9/100 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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