Where does Hoffman Enclosures Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hoffman Enclosures Inc. ranks #6,661 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 Hoffman Enclosures Inc. hold?

Hoffman Enclosures Inc. holds 50 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 37 technology areas.

What is Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hoffman Enclosures Inc. has an Innovation Score of 57.2 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +26% 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 Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s patents?

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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 Hoffman Enclosures Inc. 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

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Hoffman Enclosures Inc. focus on?

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 24 patents, ranking #285 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 37 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 50 granted patents across 37 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: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hoffman ranks #6,661 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 50 patents across 37 technology areas.

#6,661
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (57.2/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: +26%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6661 · US Corporation #6,661 · 50 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 50 grants
UPPER-Q #6,661/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gauthier Biomedical
CPC-FOCUS H05K · 37 areas
INNOV-PAR 57.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +26% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gauthier Biomedical, 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 Hoffman’s 57.2 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 13.6 pts (24%) Velocity 12.7 pts (22%) Breadth 21.5 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.4 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Elucid Bioimaging · near

57
Givaudan · near

57
Gold Bond Building… · near

57
Hoffman Enclosures · this assignee

57
The Strategic Coach · near

57
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hoffman's Innovation Score is 57.2/100 (top 5% 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 Hoffman?

Each dot is one of Hoffman’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). Hoffman’s own 15.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hoffman's grants concentrate

Hoffman Enclosures Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 37 CPC subclasses with 48% of grants classified under H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (12 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hoffman sits between Gauthier Biomedical, Inc and June Life, LLC.

Hoffman's three-year grant acceleration

Hoffman Enclosures Inc. shows 21 grants in 2022–2024 against only 11 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.

Gauthier Biomedic…

50
Guidewire Software

50
Halozyme

50
Hitachi Industry…

50
Humanetics

50
Hyper Ice

50
Ipex

50
June Life

50
Hoffman Enclosures ◀

50

What this shows Hoffman holds 50 patents at rank #6,661, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hoffman

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,661 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hoffman, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05K (Printed Circuits), Hoffman ranks #285 of 3,545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (57 here).

Gold Bond Building Products, LLC 57 Givaudan SA 57 The Strategic Coach Inc. 57 Elucid Bioimaging Inc. 57

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (15.7 here).

Taoglas Group Holdings Limited 15.7 avg Woodstream Corporation 15.7 avg Ping AN Technology (SHENZHEN) Co., Ltd. 15.7 avg Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited 15.7 avg

Hoffman's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

57 Top 5% higher than 95% 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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Hoffman Enclosures Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.0%
2016	5	10.0%
2017	3	6.0%
2018	2	4.0%
2019	8	16.0%
2021	3	6.0%
2022	6	12.0%
2023	3	6.0%
2024	12	24.0%
2025partial year	7	14.0%

Which technologies does Hoffman Enclosures Inc. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 24

H02B - Boards, Substations OR Switching Arrangements FOR THE Supply OR Distribution OF Electric Power 8

F25B - Refrigeration Machines, Plants OR SYSTEMS; Combined Heating AND Refrigeration SYSTEMS; Heat Pump Systems 7

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 6

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 6

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 5

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 4

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 4

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 4

F28F - Details OF Heat-exchange AND Heat-transfer Apparatus, OF General Application 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 3

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 3

F24F - AIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR Currents FOR Screening 3

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

Top 15 of 37 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

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 48% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #6,661 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hoffman Enclosures Inc. against Gauthier Biomedical, Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 57.2/100 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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