Where does Hexcel Corporation rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hexcel Corporation ranks #4,622 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 Hexcel Corporation hold?

Hexcel Corporation holds 76 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 56 technology areas.

What is Hexcel Corporation's Innovation Score?

Hexcel Corporation has an Innovation Score of 52.6 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hexcel Corporation's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hexcel Corporation's recent grant velocity is -15% 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 Hexcel Corporation's patents?

Hexcel Corporation's patents average 16.4 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 Hexcel Corporation 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

Hexcel Corporation

Q: What technology areas does Hexcel Corporation focus on?

Hexcel Corporation's top technology area is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing) with 40 patents, ranking #153 of 4,378 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 56 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 76 granted patents across 56 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hexcel ranks #4,622 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 76 patents across 56 technology areas.

#4,622
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.6/100): 16.4
avg claims per patent: -15%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4622 · US Corporation #4,622 · 76 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 76 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,622/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Enkris Semiconductor
CPC-WIDE B29C · 56 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -15% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Enkris Semiconductor, 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 Hexcel’s 52.6 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 15.0 pts (29%) Velocity 2.8 pts (5%) Breadth 25.0 pts (48%) Claim depth 9.8 pts (19%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Chevron Oronite · near

53
Hexcel · this assignee

53
Mitsubishi Heavy… · near

53
SnapTrack · near

53
Southern Methodist… · near

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hexcel's Innovation Score is 52.6/100 (top 10% 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 Hexcel?

Each dot is one of Hexcel’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). Hexcel’s own 16.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Hexcel's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hexcel Corporation received 35 grants versus 41 in 2015–2019 (-15% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2020 at 15 grants and bottomed in 2023 at 2. Lead class B29C accounts for 52.6% of the portfolio across 56 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Enkris Semiconductor, Inc. (#4,619) and Institut Polytechnique DE Bordeaux (#4,627).

Hexcel's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hexcel Corporation moved from 31 to 13 grants (0.42x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Enkris Semiconduc…

76
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76
Faurecia Innenrau…

76
Hyundai Dymos Inc…

76
Hydro-quebec

76
Instant Brands Ho…

76
Institut National…

76
Institut Polytech…

76
Hexcel ◀

76

What this shows Hexcel holds 76 patents at rank #4,623, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hexcel

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,623 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hexcel, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF Plastics), Hexcel ranks #153 of 4,378 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (53 here).

Southern Methodist University 53 Chevron Oronite Company LLC 53 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems, Ltd. 53 SnapTrack, Inc. 53

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.4 here).

Yara International ASA 16.4 avg Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. 16.4 avg Telecom Italia S.p.A. 16.4 avg SK hynix Inc. 16.4 avg

Hexcel's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hexcel Corporation patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	17.1%
2016	5	6.6%
2017	5	6.6%
2018	9	11.8%
2019	9	11.8%
2020	15	19.7%
2021	7	9.2%
2022	9	11.8%
2023	2	2.6%
2024	2	2.6%

Which technologies does Hexcel Corporation patent most?

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 40

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 25

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 25

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 23

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 22

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 20

B33Y - Additive Manufacturing, i.e. Manufacturing OF Three-dimensional [3-D] Objects BY Additive Deposition, Additive Agglomeration OR Additive Layering, e.g. BY 3-D Printing, Stereolithography OR Selective Laser Sintering 20

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 18

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 17

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 13

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 10

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 8

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 8

D01F - Chemical Features IN THE Manufacture OF Artificial Filaments, Threads, Fibres, Bristles OR RIBBONS; Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OF Carbon Filaments 8

B29L - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclass B29c, Relating TO Particular Articles 7

Top 15 of 56 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

Hexcel Corporation's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hexcel Corporation's lead technology class is B29C (Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing), 52.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B29C
Ranked #4,622 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hexcel Corporation against Enkris Semiconductor, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.6/100 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.

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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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