Where does Heat AND Control, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heat AND Control, Inc. ranks #28,951 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 Heat AND Control, Inc. hold?

Heat AND Control, Inc. holds 9 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Heat AND Control, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Heat AND Control, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 41.8 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Heat AND Control, Inc. focus on?

Heat AND Control, Inc.'s top technology area is A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough) with 3 patents, ranking #31 of 90 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heat AND Control, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heat AND Control, Inc.'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 Heat AND Control, Inc.'s patents?

Heat AND Control, Inc.'s patents average 14.7 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 Heat AND Control, Inc. 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

Heat AND Control, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 11 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: A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heat ranks #28,951 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 11 technology areas.

#28,951
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 14.7
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28951 · US Corporation #28,951 · 9 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
MID-PACK #28,951/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HBN Shoe
CPC-FOCUS A21C · 11 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HBN Shoe, LLC (±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 Heat’s 41.8 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 8.0 pts (19%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 11.7 pts (28%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Heat AND Control · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heat's Innovation Score is 41.8/100 (top 32% 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 Heat?

Each dot is one of Heat’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). Heat’s own 14.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heat's grants concentrate

Heat AND Control, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Heat sits between HBN Shoe, LLC and Hefei CAS ION Medical AND Technical Devices Co., Ltd..

Heat's three-year grant acceleration

Heat AND Control, Inc. shows 4 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

HBN Shoe

9
HD Clean

9
HD Microsystems

9
Healthwatch

9
Heated Blades Hol…

9
Hebei University…

9
Hedvig

9
Hefei CAS ION Med…

9
Heat AND Control ◀

9

What this shows Heat holds 9 patents at rank #28,923, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heat

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,923 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing Doughs)

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

Heat's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% 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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Heat AND Control, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	11.1%
2018	1	11.1%
2019	2	22.2%
2022	2	22.2%
2024	2	22.2%
2025partial year	1	11.1%

Which technologies does Heat AND Control, Inc. patent most?

A21C - Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough 3

A23P - Shaping OR Working OF Foodstuffs, NOT Fully Covered BY A Single Other Subclass 3

A23L - Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Preparation OR Treatment Thereof 2

A23V - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Foods, Foodstuffs OR Non-alcoholic Beverages AND Lactic OR Propionic Acid Bacteria Used IN Foodstuffs OR Food Preparation 2

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 2

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

G01G - Weighing 2

B26D - CUTTING; Details Common TO Machines FOR Perforating, Punching, Cutting-out, Stamping-out OR Severing 1

B26B - Hand-held Cutting Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B07C - Postal SORTING; Sorting Individual Articles, OR Bulk Material FIT TO BE Sorted Piece-meal, e.g. BY Picking 1

A21D - Treatment OF Flour OR Dough FOR Baking, e.g. BY Addition OF MATERIALS; BAKING; Bakery Products 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Heat AND Control, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heat AND Control, Inc.'s lead technology class is A21C (Machines OR Equipment FOR Making OR Processing DOUGHS; Handling Baked Articles Made From Dough), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A21C
Ranked #28,951 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heat AND Control, Inc. against HBN Shoe, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.8/100 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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