Where does Hino Motors, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hino Motors, Ltd. ranks #3,097 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 Hino Motors, Ltd. hold?

Hino Motors, Ltd. holds 122 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 75 technology areas.

What is Hino Motors, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hino Motors, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 48.1 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hino Motors, Ltd. focus on?

Hino Motors, Ltd.'s top technology area is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation) with 67 patents, ranking #127 of 2,877 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 75 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hino Motors, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hino Motors, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -75% 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 Hino Motors, Ltd.'s patents?

Hino Motors, Ltd.'s patents average 5.7 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 Hino Motors, Ltd. 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

Hino Motors, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 122 granted patents across 75 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hino ranks #3,097 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 122 patents across 75 technology areas.

#3,097
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.1/100): 5.7
avg claims per patent: -75%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3097 · Foreign Corporation #3,097 · 122 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 122 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,097/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Early Warning Services
CPC-WIDE Y02T · 75 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.1/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -75% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Early Warning Services, LLC (±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 Hino’s 48.1 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 16.6 pts (35%) Velocity 3.1 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (52%) Claim depth 3.4 pts (7%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Teladoc Health · near

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What this shows Hino's Innovation Score is 48.1/100 (top 17% 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 Hino?

Each dot is one of Hino’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). Hino’s own 5.7 claims/patent is at or below the 12.8 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

How Hino's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hino Motors, Ltd. received 24 grants versus 96 in 2015–2019 (-75% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2017 at 27 grants and bottomed in 2021 at 2. Lead class Y02T accounts for 54.9% of the portfolio across 75 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Ewha UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Collaboration Foundation (#3,093) and Morpho, Inc. (#3,101).

Hino's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hino Motors, Ltd. moved from 30 to 14 grants (0.47x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,770. See the growth leaderboard.

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Morpho

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What this shows Hino holds 122 patents at rank #3,097, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hino

By rank, the assignees closest to #3,097 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hino, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transpo…), Hino ranks #127 of 2,877 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. 48 Sartorius Stedim FMT SAS 48 Phase Sensitive Innovations, Inc. 48 Teladoc Health, Inc. 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (5.7 here).

Omix-ada, Inc. 5.7 avg Shock Doctor, Inc. 5.7 avg Iseki & Co., Ltd. 5.7 avg Hong ANN Tool Industries Co., Ltd. 5.7 avg

Hino's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hino Motors, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	22	18.0%
2016	15	12.3%
2017	27	22.1%
2018	12	9.8%
2019	20	16.4%
2020	8	6.6%
2021	2	1.6%
2022	3	2.5%
2023	7	5.7%
2024	4	3.3%
2025partial year	2	1.6%

Which technologies does Hino Motors, Ltd. patent most?

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 67

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 45

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 25

B01D - Separation 20

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 18

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 16

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 15

F02M - Supplying Combustion Engines IN General With Combustible Mixtures OR Constituents Thereof 12

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 10

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 8

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 8

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 8

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 8

F23D - Burners 8

Top 15 of 75 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

Hino Motors, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hino Motors, Ltd.'s lead technology class is Y02T (Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation), 54.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore Y02T
Ranked #3,097 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hino Motors, Ltd. against Ewha UNIVERSITY—INDUSTRY Collaboration Foundation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.1/100 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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