Where does Hatch PTY Ltd rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hatch PTY Ltd ranks #40,642 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 Hatch PTY Ltd hold?

Hatch PTY Ltd holds 6 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Hatch PTY Ltd's Innovation Score?

Hatch PTY Ltd has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (36th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hatch PTY Ltd focus on?

Hatch PTY Ltd's top technology area is C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials) with 4 patents, ranking #85 of 335 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hatch PTY Ltd's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hatch PTY Ltd's recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Hatch PTY Ltd's patents?

Hatch PTY Ltd's patents average 21.0 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 Hatch PTY 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

Hatch PTY Ltd

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hatch ranks #40,642 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 11 technology areas.

#40,642
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 36th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 21.0
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40642 · Foreign Corporation #40,642 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
LOWER-Q #40,642/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hanvon Ugee Technology
CPC-FOCUS C22B · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hanvon Ugee 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 Hatch’s 31.1 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 6.7 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (38%) Claim depth 12.6 pts (41%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hatch PTY · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hatch's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (36th 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 Hatch?

Each dot is one of Hatch’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). Hatch’s own 21.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 17.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hatch's grants concentrate

Hatch PTY Ltd is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hatch sits between Hanvon Ugee Technology Co., Ltd. and HBK Family, LLC.

Hanvon Ugee Techn…

6
Harman Internatio…

6
Harwin

6
Haskoningdhv Nede…

6
Hatha Systems

6
Hausbrandt Triest…

6
Hawa

6
HBK Family

6
Hatch PTY ◀

6

What this shows Hatch holds 6 patents at rank #40,610, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hatch

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,610 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals)

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

Hatch's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 36th percentile higher than 36% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hatch PTY Ltd patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	3	50.0%
2018	1	16.7%
2019	1	16.7%
2020	1	16.7%

Which technologies does Hatch PTY Ltd patent most?

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 4

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

B01D - Separation 3

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 1

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 1

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 1

F27D - Details OR Accessories OF Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts, IN SO FAR AS They ARE OF Kinds Occurring IN More Than ONE Kind OF Furnace 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

F23D - Burners 1

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 1

F27B - Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens OR Retorts IN GENERAL; Open Sintering OR Like Apparatus 1

Top 11 of 11 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hatch PTY Ltd's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hatch PTY Ltd's lead technology class is C22B (Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C22B
Ranked #40,642 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hatch PTY Ltd against Hanvon Ugee Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.