Where does Hbpo GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hbpo GmbH ranks #16,073 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 Hbpo GmbH hold?

Hbpo GmbH holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Hbpo GmbH's Innovation Score?

Hbpo GmbH has an Innovation Score of 51.0 out of 100 (top 12% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hbpo GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hbpo GmbH's recent grant velocity is -11% 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 Hbpo GmbH's patents?

Hbpo GmbH's patents average 16.4 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 Hbpo 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

Hbpo GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Hbpo GmbH focus on?

Hbpo GmbH's top technology area is 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 ) with 14 patents, ranking #218 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: 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 Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hbpo ranks #16,073 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 14 technology areas.

#16,073
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 12%
by Innovation Score (51.0/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -11%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16073 · Foreign Corporation #16,073 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,073/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Guoguang Electric
CPC-FOCUS B60K · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 51.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -11% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Guoguang Electric Company Limited (±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 Hbpo’s 51.0 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 10.2 pts (20%) Velocity 17.8 pts (35%) Breadth 13.2 pts (26%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hbpo · this assignee

51
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hbpo's Innovation Score is 51.0/100 (top 12% 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 Hbpo?

Each dot is one of Hbpo’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). Hbpo’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hbpo's grants concentrate

Hbpo GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 77.8% of grants classified under 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 Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, Hbpo sits between Guoguang Electric Company Limited and Highcon Systems Ltd..

Hbpo's three-year grant acceleration

Hbpo GmbH shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Guoguang Electric

18
H R D

18
H4 Engineering

18
Haptech

18
HDT Expeditionary…

18
Heartsine

18
Hefei Midea Heati…

18
Highcon Systems

18
Hbpo ◀

18

What this shows Hbpo holds 18 patents at rank #16,069, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hbpo

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,069 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

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

Hbpo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

51 Top 12% higher than 88% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hbpo GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	11.1%
2017	2	11.1%
2018	2	11.1%
2019	3	16.7%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	1	5.6%
2024	6	33.3%
2025partial year	1	5.6%

Which technologies does Hbpo GmbH patent most?

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 14

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 12

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 7

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 5

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 4

B60Q - Arrangement OF Signalling OR Lighting Devices, THE Mounting OR Supporting Thereof OR Circuits Therefor, FOR Vehicles IN General 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

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 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Hbpo GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hbpo GmbH's lead technology class is 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 Dashb), 77.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #16,073 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hbpo GmbH against Guoguang Electric Company Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 51.0/100 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.