Where does Hensoldt Sensors GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hensoldt Sensors GmbH ranks #15,341 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 Hensoldt Sensors GmbH hold?

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 29 technology areas.

What is Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's Innovation Score?

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH has an Innovation Score of 43.6 out of 100 (top 28% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's recent grant velocity is +650% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's patents?

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's patents average 11.2 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 Hensoldt Sensors 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

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Hensoldt Sensors GmbH focus on?

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's top technology area is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves) with 13 patents, ranking #427 of 3,153 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hensoldt ranks #15,341 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 29 technology areas.

#15,341
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 28%
by Innovation Score (43.6/100): 11.2
avg claims per patent: +650%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15341 · Foreign Corporation #15,341 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,341/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heliatek
CPC-FOCUS G01S · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +650% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heliatek GMBH (±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 Hensoldt’s 43.6 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 10.3 pts (24%) Velocity 7.5 pts (17%) Breadth 19.0 pts (44%) Claim depth 6.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hensoldt Sensors · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hensoldt's Innovation Score is 43.6/100 (top 28% 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 Hensoldt?

Each dot is one of Hensoldt’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). Hensoldt’s own 11.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.5 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hensoldt's grants concentrate

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 68.4% of grants classified under G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Hensoldt sits between Heliatek GMBH and Holo, Inc..

Hensoldt's three-year grant acceleration

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH shows 9 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.

Heliatek

19
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19
Hellofactory

19
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19
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19
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Hensoldt Sensors ◀

19

What this shows Hensoldt holds 19 patents at rank #15,334, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hensoldt

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,334 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01S (Radio Direction-finding)

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

Hensoldt's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 28% higher than 72% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hensoldt Sensors GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	10.5%
2020	4	21.1%
2021	2	10.5%
2022	4	21.1%
2023	3	15.8%
2024	2	10.5%
2025partial year	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Hensoldt Sensors GmbH patent most?

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 13

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 6

F41G - Weapon SIGHTS; Aiming 4

H04K - Secret COMMUNICATION; Jamming OF Communication 3

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 3

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 3

G08G - Traffic Control Systems 2

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 2

H04B - Transmission 2

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 1

B28B - Shaping Clay OR Other Ceramic COMPOSITIONS; Shaping SLAG; Shaping Mixtures Containing Cementitious Material, e.g. Plaster 1

Top 15 of 29 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

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hensoldt Sensors GmbH's lead technology class is G01S (Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arra), 68.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01S
Ranked #15,341 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hensoldt Sensors GmbH against Heliatek GMBH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.6/100 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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