Where does HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH ranks #47,451 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 HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH hold?

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's Innovation Score?

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH has an Innovation Score of 42.4 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH focus on?

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's top technology area is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps) with 4 patents, ranking #309 of 1,184 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's patents?

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's patents average 29.2 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 HNP Mikrosysteme 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

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HNP ranks #47,451 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 5 technology areas.

#47,451
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.4/100): 29.2
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47451 · Foreign Corporation #47,451 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,451/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HL Display AB
CPC-NARROW F04B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HL Display 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 HNP’s 42.4 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 6.2 pts (15%) Velocity 13.3 pts (31%) Breadth 7.9 pts (19%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HNP Mikrosysteme · this assignee

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HNP's Innovation Score is 42.4/100 (top 31% 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 HNP?

Each dot is one of HNP’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). HNP’s own 29.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HNP's grants concentrate

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 80% of grants classified under F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, HNP sits between HL Display AB and Hohem Technology Co., Ltd..

HNP's three-year grant acceleration

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 0 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.

HL Display AB

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HM Health Solutio…

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HMD Entertainment

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HMR Solutions

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HOB & KG

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What this shows HNP holds 5 patents at rank #47,377, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HNP

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,377 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids)

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

HNP's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	20.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2024	2	40.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH patent most?

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 4

F03G - Spring, Weight, Inertia OR Like MOTORS; Mechanical-power Producing Devices OR Mechanisms, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR OR Using Energy Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

F04C - Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Machines FOR Liquids ; Rotary-piston, OR Oscillating-piston, Positive-displacement Pumps 2

F01C - Rotary-piston OR Oscillating-piston Machines OR Engines 2

H10N - Electric Solid-state Devices NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 5 of 5 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

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH's lead technology class is F04B (Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps), 80% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F04B
Ranked #47,451 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HNP Mikrosysteme GMBH against HL Display AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.4/100 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

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