Where does Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. ranks #16,079 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 Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. hold?

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 53.0 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 Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. focus on?

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s top technology area is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds) with 13 patents, ranking #10 of 117 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -14% 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 Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s patents?

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'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.

How is the Herzog Railroad Services, 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

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 13 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: E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Herzog ranks #16,079 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 13 technology areas.

#16,079
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 9%
by Innovation Score (53.0/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -14%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16079 · US Corporation #16,079 · 18 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,079/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Halo Microelectronics
CPC-FOCUS E01B · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 53.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -14% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (±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 Herzog’s 53.0 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 10.2 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 12.7 pts (24%) Claim depth 10.1 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Herzog Railroad… · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Herzog's Innovation Score is 53.0/100 (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.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Herzog?

Each dot is one of Herzog’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). Herzog’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Herzog's grants concentrate

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 72.2% of grants classified under E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Herzog sits between Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd. and Hydragraphix LLC.

Herzog's three-year grant acceleration

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Halo Microelectro…

18
Harmonix Music Sy…

18
Heathrow Scientif…

18
Heraeus Nobleligh…

18
Hillenbrand Manag…

18
Hovione Scientia

18
Huhtamäki Oyj

18
Hydragraphix

18
Herzog Railroad S… ◀

18

What this shows Herzog holds 18 patents at rank #16,086, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Herzog

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,086 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E01B (Permanent WAY)

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

Herzog'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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Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	5.6%
2016	4	22.2%
2018	2	11.1%
2020	1	5.6%
2022	1	5.6%
2023	2	11.1%
2024	2	11.1%
2025partial year	5	27.8%

Which technologies does Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. patent most?

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 13

B61D - Body Details OR Kinds OF Railway Vehicles 9

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 1

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 1

B61F - Rail Vehicle Suspensions, e.g. Underframes, Bogies OR Arrangements OF Wheel AXLES; Rail Vehicles FOR USE ON Tracks OF Different WIDTH; Preventing Derailing OF Rail VEHICLES; Wheel Guards, Obstruction Removers OR THE Like FOR Rail Vehicles 1

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Herzog Railroad Services, Inc.'s lead technology class is E01B (Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds), 72.2% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E01B
Ranked #16,079 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Herzog Railroad Services, Inc. against Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 53.0/100 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

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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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