Where does Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC ranks #10,950 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's recent grant velocity is -92% 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 Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's patents?

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's patents average 16.9 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC

Q: How many patents does Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC hold?

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC holds 28 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 29 technology areas.

Q: What is Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's Innovation Score?

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC has an Innovation Score of 42.2 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC focus on?

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's top technology area is H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties) with 22 patents, ranking #51 of 1,055 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 29 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken 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 PatentsView assignee record - 28 granted patents across 29 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heraeus ranks #10,950 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 28 patents across 29 technology areas.

#10,950
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.2/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -92%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R10950 · US Corporation #10,950 · 28 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 28 grants
UPPER-Q #10,950/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HAPSMobile
CPC-FOCUS H01B · 29 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -92% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HAPSMobile 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 Heraeus’s 42.2 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 11.6 pts (28%) Velocity 1.3 pts (3%) Breadth 19.0 pts (45%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Allnex Netherlands BV · near

42
CyDex Pharmaceuticals · near

42
Heraeus Precious… · this assignee

42
Ruentex Engineering… · near

42
San Diego Gas &… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Heraeus's Innovation Score is 42.2/100 (top 31% 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 Heraeus?

Each dot is one of Heraeus’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). Heraeus’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Heraeus's grants concentrate

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 29 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Heraeus sits between HAPSMobile Inc. and Hunt Energy Enterprises, L.L.C..

Heraeus's three-year grant acceleration

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC shows 1 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.

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What this shows Heraeus holds 28 patents at rank #10,947, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Heraeus

By rank, the assignees closest to #10,947 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01B (Cables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Heraeus, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01B (Cables), Heraeus ranks #51 of 1,055 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Ruentex Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. 42 San Diego Gas & Electric Company 42 CyDex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 42 Allnex Netherlands BV 42

Heraeus's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	5	17.9%
2016	4	14.3%
2017	5	17.9%
2018	8	28.6%
2019	4	14.3%
2021	1	3.6%
2022	1	3.6%

Which technologies does Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC patent most?

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 22

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 19

H10F - Inorganic Semiconductor Devices Sensitive TO Infrared Radiation, Light, Electromagnetic Radiation OF Shorter Wavelength OR Corpuscular Radiation 18

C03C - Chemical Composition OF Glasses, Glazes OR Vitreous ENAMELS; Surface Treatment OF GLASS; Surface Treatment OF Fibres OR Filaments Made From Glass, Minerals OR SLAGS; Joining Glass TO Glass OR Other Materials 14

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 6

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 5

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 4

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 3

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 3

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 3

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 3

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

C08F - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained BY Reactions Only Involving Carbon-to-carbon Unsaturated Bonds 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 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

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC's lead technology class is H01B (CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01B
Ranked #10,950 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heraeus Precious Metals North America Conshohocken LLC against HAPSMobile Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.2/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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