Where does Hinterkopf GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hinterkopf GmbH ranks #26,474 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 Hinterkopf GmbH hold?

Hinterkopf GmbH holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Hinterkopf GmbH's Innovation Score?

Hinterkopf GmbH has an Innovation Score of 32.8 out of 100 (42nd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hinterkopf GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hinterkopf GmbH's recent grant velocity is +25% 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 Hinterkopf GmbH's patents?

Hinterkopf GmbH's patents average 14.1 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 Hinterkopf GmbH 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

Hinterkopf GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Hinterkopf GmbH focus on?

Hinterkopf GmbH's top technology area is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors) with 5 patents, ranking #411 of 1,746 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 13 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: B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hinterkopf ranks #26,474 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 13 technology areas.

#26,474
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 42nd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.8/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26474 · Foreign Corporation #26,474 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,474/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Heraeus Nexensos
CPC-FOCUS B65G · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Heraeus Nexensos GmbH (±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 Hinterkopf’s 32.8 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 8.3 pts (25%) Velocity 3.3 pts (10%) Breadth 12.7 pts (39%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (26%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hinterkopf · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hinterkopf's Innovation Score is 32.8/100 (42nd 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 Hinterkopf?

Each dot is one of Hinterkopf’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). Hinterkopf’s own 14.1 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hinterkopf's grants concentrate

Hinterkopf GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hinterkopf sits between Heraeus Nexensos GmbH and Hongzhou Sweet I&E Co., Ltd..

Hinterkopf's three-year grant acceleration

Hinterkopf GmbH shows 2 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.

Heraeus Nexensos

10
Hibercell

10
Hillstone Networks

10
Hinsey's Pro Paint

10
Histogenics

10
Hive Streaming AB

10
Hodge Products

10
Hongzhou Sweet I&E

10
Hinterkopf ◀

10

What this shows Hinterkopf holds 10 patents at rank #26,487, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hinterkopf

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,487 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices)

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

Hinterkopf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 42nd percentile higher than 42% 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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Hinterkopf GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	10.0%
2016	2	20.0%
2019	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	2	20.0%
2024	2	20.0%
2025partial year	1	10.0%

Which technologies does Hinterkopf GmbH patent most?

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 5

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 3

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 3

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 2

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

B25B - Tools OR Bench Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, FOR Fastening, Connecting, Disengaging OR Holding 1

B30B - Presses IN General 1

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Hinterkopf GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hinterkopf GmbH's lead technology class is B65G (Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65G
Ranked #26,474 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hinterkopf GmbH against Heraeus Nexensos GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.8/100 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.