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Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 9 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2024. 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: A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hettich ranks #28,969 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 9 patents across 4 technology areas.

#28,969
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 50%
by Innovation Score (35.3/100)
15.2
avg claims per patent
+250%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R28969 · Foreign Corporation #28,969 · 9 grants

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

  • GRANTS-MICRO 9 grants
  • MID-PACK #28,969/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Helix Nanotechnologies
  • CPC-NARROW A47C · 4 areas
  • INNOV-THIN 35.3/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
  • TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
  • VEL-SURGE +250% vel
  • BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Helix Nanotechnologies 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 Hettich’s 35.3 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Hettich

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Hettich's Innovation Score is 35.3/100 (top 50% 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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Hettich?

Each dot is one of Hettich’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). Hettich’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Hettich vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 8.98.999.1 0102030 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Helix Nanotechnologies Inc - 9, 23.89Helix Nanotechnol…Helix OpCo, LLC - 9, 20Helix OpcoHengdian Group Tospo Lighting Co., Ltd. - 9, 5.78Hengdian Group To…Herrmans OY AB - 9, 1Herrmans OY ABHiViz, LLC - 9, 22.44HivizHikma Pharmaceuticals LLC - 9, 12.44Hikma Pharmaceuti…Hill-Rom S.A.S. - 9, 18.22Hill-rom SHogman-Outdoors, LLC - 9, 12Hogman-outdoorsHettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG - 9, 15.22Hettich Franke &…
Hettich vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Hettich's grants concentrate

Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hettich sits between Helix Nanotechnologies Inc and Hogman-Outdoors, LLC.

Hettich's three-year grant acceleration

Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Who files at Hettich's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Hettich holds 9 patents at rank #28,988, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Hettich

By rank, the assignees closest to #28,988 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47C (Chairs)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hettich, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47C (Chairs), Hettich ranks #95 of 728 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (35 here).

Quantum Design International, Inc. 35 NoNO Inc. 35 Xyratex Technology Limited 35 Kangpu Biopharmaceuticals, Ltd. 35

Hettich's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 Top 50% higher than 50% of 49,997 US assignees

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.533.5 201720192021202220232024 1
USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2017–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2017 1 11.1%
2019 1 11.1%
2021 2 22.2%
2022 1 11.1%
2023 3 33.3%
2024 1 11.1%

Which technologies does Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG patent most?

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG's lead technology class is A47C (CHAIRS; SOFAS; Beds), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47C
  • Ranked #28,969 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Hettich Franke GmbH & Co. KG against Helix Nanotechnologies Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 35.3/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.