Where does Hobie Cat IP, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hobie Cat IP, LLC ranks #35,719 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 Hobie Cat IP, LLC hold?

Hobie Cat IP, LLC holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2025, spanning 4 technology areas.

What is Hobie Cat IP, LLC's Innovation Score?

Hobie Cat IP, LLC has an Innovation Score of 49.3 out of 100 (top 15% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hobie Cat IP, LLC focus on?

Hobie Cat IP, LLC's top technology area is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping) with 7 patents, ranking #115 of 645 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 4 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hobie Cat IP, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Hobie Cat IP, LLC.

What does claim depth mean for Hobie Cat IP, LLC's patents?

Hobie Cat IP, LLC's patents average 27.7 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 Hobie Cat IP, 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

Hobie Cat IP, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 4 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2025. 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: B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hobie ranks #35,719 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 4 technology areas.

#35,719
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.3/100): 27.7
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35719 · US Corporation #35,719 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,719/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hitachi Global Life…
CPC-NARROW B63B · 4 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 27.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
SPAN-YRS 2021–2025 · 5y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hitachi Global Life Solutions, Inc. (±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 Hobie’s 49.3 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 7.2 pts (15%) Velocity 20.0 pts (41%) Breadth 7.1 pts (14%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hobie Cat IP · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hobie's Innovation Score is 49.3/100 (top 15% 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 Hobie?

Each dot is one of Hobie’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). Hobie’s own 27.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 18.6 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hobie's grants concentrate

Hobie Cat IP, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 4 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Hobie sits between Hitachi Global Life Solutions, Inc. and Horning Manufacturing, LLC.

Hobie's three-year grant acceleration

Hobie Cat IP, 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.

Hitachi Global Li…

7
Hitachi Rail GTS…

7
Hitchiner Manufac…

7
Hiveio

7
Hola Networks

7
Hopgrade

7
Horizon Therapeut…

7
Horning Manufactu…

7
Hobie Cat IP ◀

7

What this shows Hobie holds 7 patents at rank #35,743, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hobie

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,743 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne Vessels)

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

Hobie's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

49 Top 15% higher than 85% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hobie Cat IP, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	14.3%
2022	2	28.6%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%
2025partial year	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Hobie Cat IP, LLC patent most?

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 7

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 5

G10K - Sound-producing DEVICES; Methods OR Devices FOR Protecting Against, OR FOR Damping, Noise OR Other Acoustic Waves IN GENERAL; Acoustics NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

B63C - Launching, Hauling-out, OR Dry-docking OF VESSELS; Life-saving IN WATER; Equipment FOR Dwelling OR Working Under WATER; Means FOR Salvaging OR Searching FOR Underwater Objects 2

Top 4 of 4 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

View all rankings → How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hobie Cat IP, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hobie Cat IP, LLC's lead technology class is B63B (Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B63B
Ranked #35,719 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hobie Cat IP, LLC against Hitachi Global Life Solutions, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.3/100 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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