Where does Head Technology GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Head Technology GmbH ranks #12,032 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 Head Technology GmbH hold?

Head Technology GmbH holds 25 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is Head Technology GmbH's Innovation Score?

Head Technology GmbH has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Head Technology GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Head Technology GmbH's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Head Technology GmbH's patents?

Head Technology GmbH's patents average 14.0 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 Head Technology 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

Head Technology GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Head Technology GmbH focus on?

Head Technology GmbH's top technology area is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment) with 16 patents, ranking #76 of 1,021 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 25 granted patents across 19 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: A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Head ranks #12,032 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 25 patents across 19 technology areas.

#12,032
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 14.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12032 · Foreign Corporation #12,032 · 25 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 25 grants
UPPER-Q #12,032/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Halo Neuro
CPC-FOCUS A63B · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Halo Neuro, 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 Head’s 40.9 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 11.3 pts (28%) Velocity 5.8 pts (14%) Breadth 15.4 pts (38%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Head Technology · this assignee

41
Omni Medsci · near

41
Prolitec · near

41
Quidel · near

41
Safie · near

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Head's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Head?

Each dot is one of Head’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). Head’s own 14.0 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Head's grants concentrate

Head Technology GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 64% of grants classified under A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Head sits between Huizhou Happy Vaping Technology Limited and HiddenLayer, Inc..

Head's three-year grant acceleration

Head Technology GmbH shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 8 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.

Huizhou Happy Vap…

25
Hy-ko Products

25
Hyosung

25
Halo Neuro

25
Hemanext

25
Hensley Industries

25
Hermes Innovations

25
Hiddenlayer

25
Head Technology ◀

25

What this shows Head holds 25 patents at rank #12,039, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Head

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,039 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Head, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training), Head ranks #76 of 1,021 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (41 here).

Quidel Corporation 41 Prolitec Inc. 41 Omni Medsci, Inc. 41 Safie Inc. 41

Head's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% 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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Head Technology GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	8.0%
2016	2	8.0%
2017	1	4.0%
2018	2	8.0%
2019	4	16.0%
2020	1	4.0%
2021	3	12.0%
2022	1	4.0%
2023	1	4.0%
2024	5	20.0%
2025partial year	3	12.0%

Which technologies does Head Technology GmbH patent most?

A63B - Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment 16

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 2

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

C22F - Changing THE Physical Structure OF Non-ferrous Metals AND Non-ferrous Alloys 1

C22C - Alloys 1

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 1

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 1

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 1

B22D - Casting OF METALS; Casting OF Other Substances BY THE Same Processes OR Devices 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 1

A42B - HATS; Head Coverings 1

Top 15 of 19 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

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

Head Technology GmbH's lead technology class is A63B (Apparatus FOR Physical Training, Gymnastics, Swimming, Climbing, OR FENCING; Ball GAMES; Training Equipment), 64% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A63B
Ranked #12,032 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Head Technology GmbH against Huizhou Happy Vaping Technology Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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

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.