Where does Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH ranks #15,334 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 Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH hold?

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's Innovation Score?

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH has an Innovation Score of 35.6 out of 100 (top 49% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH focus on?

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's top technology area is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices) with 8 patents, ranking #60 of 214 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's recent grant velocity is +38% 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 Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's patents?

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's patents average 17.2 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 Hauni Maschinenbau 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hauni ranks #15,334 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 13 technology areas.

#15,334
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 49%
by Innovation Score (35.6/100): 17.2
avg claims per patent: +38%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15334 · Foreign Corporation #15,334 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,334/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hades-gaming
CPC-FOCUS A24F · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 35.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +38% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hades-gaming Corp. (±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 Hauni’s 35.6 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 10.3 pts (29%) Velocity 2.2 pts (6%) Breadth 12.7 pts (36%) Claim depth 10.3 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hauni Maschinenbau · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hauni's Innovation Score is 35.6/100 (top 49% 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 Hauni?

Each dot is one of Hauni’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). Hauni’s own 17.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hauni's grants concentrate

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 42.1% of grants classified under A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (7 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hauni sits between Hades-gaming Corp. and Hengst SE.

Hauni's three-year grant acceleration

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Hades-gaming

19
Hangzhou Dptech

19
Hangzhou Soliphar…

19
Harburg-freudenbe…

19
Heliatek

19
Heliotrope

19
Hellofactory

19
Hengst SE

19
Hauni Maschinenbau ◀

19

What this shows Hauni holds 19 patents at rank #15,329, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hauni

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,329 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A24F (Smokers' Requisites)

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

Hauni's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

36 Top 49% higher than 51% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	15.8%
2016	1	5.3%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	1	5.3%
2019	1	5.3%
2020	1	5.3%
2021	7	36.8%
2022	3	15.8%

Which technologies does Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH patent most?

A24F - Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices 8

A24D - CIGARS; CIGARETTES; Tobacco Smoke FILTERS; Mouthpieces FOR Cigars OR CIGARETTES; Manufacture OF Tobacco Smoke Filters OR Mouthpieces 7

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 6

A24C - Machines FOR Making Cigars OR Cigarettes 6

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 3

B65B - Machines, Apparatus OR Devices FOR, OR Methods OF, Packaging Articles OR MATERIALS; Unpacking 2

A24B - Manufacture OR Preparation OF Tobacco FOR Smoking OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; Snuff 2

F17C - Vessels FOR Containing OR Storing Compressed, Liquefied OR Solidified GASES; Fixed-capacity GAS-HOLDERS; Filling Vessels With, OR Discharging From Vessels, Compressed, Liquefied, OR Solidified Gases 1

B31C - Making Wound Articles, e.g. Wound Tubes, OF Paper, Cardboard OR Material Worked IN A Manner Analogous TO Paper 1

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH's lead technology class is A24F (Smokers' REQUISITES; Match BOXES; Simulated Smoking Devices), 42.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A24F
Ranked #15,334 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hauni Maschinenbau GMBH against Hades-gaming Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 35.6/100 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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