Where does Hearth Hounds, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hearth Hounds, LLC ranks #26,455 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 Hearth Hounds, LLC hold?

Hearth Hounds, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2018, spanning 0 technology areas.

What is Hearth Hounds, LLC's Innovation Score?

Hearth Hounds, LLC has an Innovation Score of 8.9 out of 100 (1st 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 Hearth Hounds, LLC focus on?

Hearth Hounds, LLC holds grants across 0 technology areas classified under the Cooperative Patent Classification system.

Is Hearth Hounds, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hearth Hounds, LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Hearth Hounds, LLC's patents?

Hearth Hounds, LLC's patents average 1.0 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 Hearth Hounds, LLC 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 US Corporation

Hearth Hounds, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 0 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2018. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength.

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hearth ranks #26,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 0 technology areas.

#26,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 1st percentile
by Innovation Score (8.9/100): 1.0
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26455 · US Corporation #26,455 · 10 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hanover Prest-Paving
CPC-UNK CPC blank
INNOV-LOW 8.9/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hanover Prest-Paving Company (±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 Hearth’s 8.9 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 8.3 pts (93%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 0.0 pts (0%) Claim depth 0.6 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hearth Hounds · this assignee

9
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hearth's Innovation Score is 8.9/100 (1st 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 Hearth?

Each dot is one of Hearth’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). Hearth’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.0 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hearth's grants concentrate

Hearth Hounds, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2017. By volume, Hearth sits between Hanover Prest-Paving Company and Heraeus Nexensos GmbH.

Hanover Prest-pav…

10
Harken Incorporat…

10
Haynes Internatio…

10
Healthstream

10
Heatworks

10
Heinrich-heine-un…

10
Helix Biopharma

10
Heraeus Nexensos

10
Hearth Hounds ◀

10

What this shows Hearth holds 10 patents at rank #26,479, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hearth

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,479 in granted patent volume.

Hearth's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

9 1st percentile higher than 1% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hearth Hounds, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	2	20.0%
2018	8	80.0%

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Hearth Hounds, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Ranked #26,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hearth Hounds, LLC against Hanover Prest-Paving Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 8.9/100 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.