Where does Higdon Outdoors, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Higdon Outdoors, LLC ranks #31,909 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 Higdon Outdoors, LLC hold?

Higdon Outdoors, LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Higdon Outdoors, LLC's Innovation Score?

Higdon Outdoors, LLC has an Innovation Score of 44.4 out of 100 (top 26% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Higdon Outdoors, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Higdon Outdoors, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Higdon Outdoors, LLC's patents?

Higdon Outdoors, LLC's patents average 13.5 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 Higdon Outdoors, 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

Higdon Outdoors, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Higdon Outdoors, LLC focus on?

Higdon Outdoors, LLC's top technology area is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants) with 3 patents, ranking #100 of 292 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

RSS updates for this company

Explore the portfolio See the ranking

The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Higdon ranks #31,909 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 6 technology areas.

#31,909
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 26%
by Innovation Score (44.4/100): 13.5
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31909 · US Corporation #31,909 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,909/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hexagem AB
CPC-NARROW A01M · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 44.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hexagem AB (±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 Higdon’s 44.4 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 7.6 pts (17%) Velocity 20.0 pts (45%) Breadth 8.7 pts (20%) Claim depth 8.1 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Higdon Outdoors · this assignee

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Higdon's Innovation Score is 44.4/100 (top 26% 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 Higdon?

Each dot is one of Higdon’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). Higdon’s own 13.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Higdon's grants concentrate

Higdon Outdoors, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 37.5% of grants classified under A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Higdon sits between Hexagem AB and Himax Analogic, Inc..

Higdon's three-year grant acceleration

Higdon Outdoors, LLC 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.

Hexagem AB

8
Hexis

8
HF Scientific

8
Hiever

8
Highwave

8
Hill & Smith

8
Hilverdaflorist B…

8
Himax Analogic

8
Higdon Outdoors ◀

8

What this shows Higdon holds 8 patents at rank #31,882, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Higdon

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,882 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01M (Catching)

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

Higdon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 26% higher than 74% of 49,997 US assignees

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

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

View data table

Higdon Outdoors, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	1	12.5%
2022	1	12.5%
2023	3	37.5%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Higdon Outdoors, LLC patent most?

A01M - Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants 3

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 2

A01K - Animal HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; Rearing OR Breeding Animals, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; NEW Breeds OF Animals 2

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

E04H - Buildings OR Like Structures FOR Particular PURPOSES; Swimming OR Splash Baths OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; Tents OR Canopies, IN General 1

A45C - PURSES; LUGGAGE; Hand Carried Bags 1

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Higdon Outdoors, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Higdon Outdoors, LLC's lead technology class is A01M (Catching, Trapping OR Scaring OF Animals ; Apparatus FOR THE Destruction OF Noxious Animals OR Noxious Plants), 37.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01M
Ranked #31,909 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Higdon Outdoors, LLC against Hexagem AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 44.4/100 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.