Where does Hiab AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hiab AB ranks #14,038 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 Hiab AB hold?

Hiab AB holds 21 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 24 technology areas.

What is Hiab AB's Innovation Score?

Hiab AB has an Innovation Score of 56.7 out of 100 (top 6% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hiab AB focus on?

Hiab AB's top technology area is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles) with 14 patents, ranking #28 of 428 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 24 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hiab AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Hiab AB.

What does claim depth mean for Hiab AB's patents?

Hiab AB's patents average 14.5 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 Hiab AB 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 Foreign Corporation

Hiab AB

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 21 granted patents across 24 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hiab ranks #14,038 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 21 patents across 24 technology areas.

#14,038
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 6%
by Innovation Score (56.7/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R14038 · Foreign Corporation #14,038 · 21 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-SMALL 21 grants
MID-PACK #14,038/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hartwell
CPC-FOCUS B66C · 24 areas
INNOV-PAR 56.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hartwell Corporation (±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 Hiab’s 56.7 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 10.7 pts (19%) Velocity 20.0 pts (35%) Breadth 17.3 pts (31%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hiab AB · this assignee

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hiab's Innovation Score is 56.7/100 (top 6% 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 Hiab?

Each dot is one of Hiab’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). Hiab’s own 14.5 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.

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

Where Hiab's grants concentrate

Hiab AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 24 CPC subclasses with 66.7% of grants classified under B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Hiab sits between Hartwell Corporation and Human, Incorporated.

Hiab's three-year grant acceleration

Hiab AB shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Hartwell

21
Heerema Marine Co…

21
Heritage Research…

21
Hi-max Innovation

21
Hoerbiger Kompres…

21
Honeywell Safety…

21
Howe & Howe

21
Human Incorporated

21
Hiab AB ◀

21

What this shows Hiab holds 21 patents at rank #14,039, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hiab

By rank, the assignees closest to #14,039 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B66C (Cranes)

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

Hiab's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 6% higher than 94% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hiab AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	9.5%
2022	9	42.9%
2023	5	23.8%
2024	1	4.8%
2025partial year	4	19.0%

Which technologies does Hiab AB patent most?

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 14

B60P - Vehicles Adapted FOR Load Transportation OR TO Transport, TO Carry, OR TO Comprise Special Loads OR Objects 11

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

B66F - Hoisting, Lifting, Hauling OR Pushing, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Devices Which Apply A Lifting OR Pushing Force Directly TO THE Surface OF A Load 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G01G - Weighing 2

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 2

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 1

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 1

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 24 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

Hiab AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hiab AB's lead technology class is B66C (CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles), 66.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B66C
Ranked #14,038 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hiab AB against Hartwell Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 56.7/100 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

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.