Where does Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. ranks #2,858 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 Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. hold?

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. holds 134 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 39 technology areas.

What is Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s Innovation Score?

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. has an Innovation Score of 53.2 out of 100 (top 9% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. focus on?

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s top technology area is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements) with 83 patents. Grants appear in 39 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s recent grant velocity is -48% 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 Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s patents?

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s patents average 19.1 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 Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. 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

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 134 granted patents across 39 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: B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hendrickson ranks #2,858 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 134 patents across 39 technology areas.

#2,858
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.2/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: -48%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R2858 · US Corporation #2,858 · 134 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 134 grants
TOP-DECILE #2,858/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Bruker Nano
CPC-FOCUS B60G · 39 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -48% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Bruker Nano, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Centre Hospitalier… · near

53
Chroma ATE · near

53
Hendrickson USA L L C · this assignee

53
STMicroelectronics… · near

53
The Sherwin-Williams · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hendrickson's Innovation Score is 53.2/100 (top 9% 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.

Where Hendrickson's grants concentrate

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 39 CPC subclasses with 61.9% of grants classified under B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (20 grants) versus a trough of 3 in 2022. By volume, Hendrickson sits between Tamura Corporation and P-tech Co., Ltd..

Hendrickson's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. moved from 39 to 16 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,864. See the growth leaderboard.

Tamura

135
Toagosei

135
Warner Bros Enter…

135
Bruker Nano

134
Imam Mohammad IBN…

134
Immunomedics

134
Ingenico

134
P-tech

134
Hendrickson USA L… ◀

134

What this shows Hendrickson holds 134 patents at rank #2,858, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hendrickson

By rank, the assignees closest to #2,858 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hendrickson, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Chroma ATE Inc. 53 Centre Hospitalier ET Universitaire DE Brest 53 STMicroelectronics (Shenzhen) R&D Co. Ltd. 53 The Sherwin-Williams Company 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Laird Technologies, Inc. 19.1 avg Space Systems/Loral, LLC 19.1 avg Stmicroelectronics PTE Ltd 19.1 avg SoundHound, Inc. 19.1 avg

Hendrickson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 9% higher than 91% 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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Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	18	13.4%
2016	15	11.2%
2017	17	12.7%
2018	20	14.9%
2019	12	9.0%
2020	15	11.2%
2021	12	9.0%
2022	3	2.2%
2023	8	6.0%
2024	5	3.7%
2025partial year	9	6.7%

Which technologies does Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. patent most?

B60G - Vehicle Suspension Arrangements 83

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 34

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 27

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 25

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 18

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 15

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 13

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 9

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 8

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 5

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 5

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 4

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 4

C21D - Modifying THE Physical Structure OF Ferrous METALS; General Devices FOR Heat Treatment OF Ferrous OR Non-ferrous Metals OR ALLOYS; Making Metal Malleable, e.g. BY Decarburisation OR Tempering 3

Top 15 of 39 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#2,858

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

53.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hendrickson USA, L.L.C.'s lead technology class is B60G (Vehicle Suspension Arrangements), 61.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60G
Ranked #2,858 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hendrickson USA, L.L.C. against Tamura Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.2/100 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

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