Where does Highland Fluid Technology rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Highland Fluid Technology ranks #22,711 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 Highland Fluid Technology hold?

Highland Fluid Technology holds 12 US utility patents granted between 2017 and 2023, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Highland Fluid Technology's Innovation Score?

Highland Fluid Technology has an Innovation Score of 34.5 out of 100 (48th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Highland Fluid Technology focus on?

Highland Fluid Technology's top technology area is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing) with 6 patents, ranking #141 of 1,218 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

Is Highland Fluid Technology's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Highland Fluid Technology's recent grant velocity is +40% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Highland Fluid Technology's patents?

Highland Fluid Technology's patents average 9.3 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 Highland Fluid Technology 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

Highland Fluid Technology

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 12 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2017–2023. 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: B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Highland ranks #22,711 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 12 patents across 11 technology areas.

#22,711
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 48th percentile
by Innovation Score (34.5/100): 9.3
avg claims per patent: +40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R22711 · US Corporation #22,711 · 12 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 12 grants
MID-PACK #22,711/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hegenscheidt-mfd & KG
CPC-FOCUS B01F · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 34.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 9.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hegenscheidt-mfd GmbH & Co. KG (±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 Highland’s 34.5 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 8.9 pts (26%) Velocity 8.3 pts (24%) Breadth 11.7 pts (34%) Claim depth 5.6 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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What this shows Highland's Innovation Score is 34.5/100 (48th percentile 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 Highland?

Each dot is one of Highland’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). Highland’s own 9.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Highland's grants concentrate

Highland Fluid Technology is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Highland sits between Hegenscheidt-mfd GmbH & Co. KG and Hoerbiger Automatisierungstechnik Holding GMBH.

Highland's three-year grant acceleration

Highland Fluid Technology shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

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What this shows Highland holds 12 patents at rank #22,694, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Highland

By rank, the assignees closest to #22,694 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B01F (Mixing)

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

Highland's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

35 48th percentile higher than 48% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2017–2023

Grants by year

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

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Highland Fluid Technology patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2017	3	25.0%
2019	2	16.7%
2020	1	8.3%
2021	1	8.3%
2022	3	25.0%
2023	2	16.7%

Which technologies does Highland Fluid Technology patent most?

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 6

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 4

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 4

F24V - Collection, Production OR USE OF Heat NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 3

C08G - Macromolecular Compounds Obtained Otherwise Than BY Reactions Only Involving Unsaturated Carbon-to-carbon Bonds 1

C08L - Compositions OF Macromolecular Compounds 1

C08J - WORKING-UP; General Processes OF COMPOUNDING; After-treatment NOT Covered BY Subclasses C08b, C08c, C08f, C08g or C08h 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Highland Fluid Technology's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Highland Fluid Technology's lead technology class is B01F (Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B01F
Ranked #22,711 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Highland Fluid Technology against Hegenscheidt-mfd GmbH & Co. KG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 34.5/100 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

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