Where does Henschel-Steinau, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Henschel-Steinau, Inc. ranks #18,713 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 Henschel-Steinau, Inc. hold?

Henschel-Steinau, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 12 technology areas.

What is Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Henschel-Steinau, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -37% 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 Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s patents?

Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s patents average 14.1 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 Henschel-Steinau, 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

Henschel-Steinau, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Henschel-Steinau, Inc. focus on?

Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s top technology area is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters) with 12 patents, ranking #30 of 482 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 12 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 12 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: A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Henschel-steinau ranks #18,713 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 12 technology areas.

#18,713
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: -37%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18713 · US Corporation #18,713 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,713/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heat Biologics
CPC-FOCUS A47F · 12 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -37% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heat Biologics, 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 Henschel-steinau’s 32.9 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 9.6 pts (29%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 12.2 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.4 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Henschel-Steinau · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Henschel-steinau's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Henschel-steinau?

Each dot is one of Henschel-steinau’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). Henschel-steinau’s own 14.1 claims/patent is at or below the 17.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Henschel-steinau's grants concentrate

Henschel-Steinau, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 12 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Henschel-steinau sits between Heat Biologics, Inc. and Holaira, Inc..

Henschel-steinau's three-year grant acceleration

Henschel-Steinau, Inc. shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Heat Biologics

15
Hecktech

15
Henan Polytechnic…

15
Henan University

15
Hexagon Purus Nor…

15
Hexcelpack

15
Hiro Systems PBC

15
Holaira

15
Henschel-steinau ◀

15

What this shows Henschel-Steinau holds 15 patents at rank #18,724, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Henschel-Steinau

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,724 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47F (Special Furniture)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Henschel-Steinau's primary technology class.

Henschel-steinau's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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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Henschel-Steinau, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	6.7%
2017	3	20.0%
2018	2	13.3%
2019	2	13.3%
2020	2	13.3%
2021	1	6.7%
2022	1	6.7%
2024	1	6.7%
2025partial year	2	13.3%

Which technologies does Henschel-Steinau, Inc. patent most?

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 12

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 9

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 1

Top 12 of 12 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

Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Henschel-Steinau, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47F (Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47F
Ranked #18,713 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Henschel-Steinau, Inc. against Heat Biologics, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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

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