Where does Heraeus Quartz North America LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Heraeus Quartz North America LLC ranks #17,744 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 Heraeus Quartz North America LLC hold?

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC holds 16 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's Innovation Score?

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC 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 Heraeus Quartz North America LLC focus on?

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's top technology area is C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes) with 13 patents, ranking #30 of 269 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's recent grant velocity is +175% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's patents?

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's patents average 13.4 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 Heraeus Quartz North America 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 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 16 granted patents across 9 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: C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Heraeus ranks #17,744 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 16 patents across 9 technology areas.

#17,744
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (41.8/100): 13.4
avg claims per patent: +175%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R17744 · US Corporation #17,744 · 16 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 16 grants
MID-PACK #17,744/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HDT Bio
CPC-NARROW C03B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +175% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HDT Bio Corp. (±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 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 9.8 pts (24%) Velocity 13.3 pts (32%) Breadth 10.6 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.0 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Heraeus'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 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 13.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.0 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 Quartz North America LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 81.3% of grants classified under C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Heraeus sits between HDT Bio Corp. and Hongfujin Precision Electronics (CHONGQING) Co., Ltd..

Heraeus's three-year grant acceleration

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC shows 10 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 16 patents at rank #17,734, 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 #17,734 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C03B (Manufacture)

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

Heraeus'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 · 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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Heraeus Quartz North America LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	4	25.0%
2020	1	6.3%
2022	3	18.8%
2023	6	37.5%
2024	1	6.3%
2025partial year	1	6.3%

Which technologies does Heraeus Quartz North America LLC patent most?

C03B - Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes 13

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 7

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 5

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 4

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H04B - Transmission 2

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

Top 9 of 9 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 Quartz North America LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Heraeus Quartz North America LLC's lead technology class is C03B (Manufacture, Shaping, OR Supplementary Processes), 81.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C03B
Ranked #17,744 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Heraeus Quartz North America LLC against HDT Bio Corp., 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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