Where does Hoganas AB (PUBL) rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hoganas AB (PUBL) ranks #18,723 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 Hoganas AB (PUBL) hold?

Hoganas AB (PUBL) holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s Innovation Score?

Hoganas AB (PUBL) has an Innovation Score of 38.9 out of 100 (top 40% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s recent grant velocity is -93% 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 Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s patents?

Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s patents average 16.5 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 Hoganas AB (PUBL) 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

Hoganas AB (PUBL)

Q: What technology areas does Hoganas AB (PUBL) focus on?

Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s top technology area is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder) with 9 patents, ranking #149 of 926 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hoganas ranks #18,723 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 13 technology areas.

#18,723
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.9/100): 16.5
avg claims per patent: -93%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18723 · Foreign Corporation #18,723 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,723/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hexagon Metrology SAS
CPC-FOCUS B22F · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -93% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hexagon Metrology SAS (±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 Hoganas’s 38.9 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 9.6 pts (25%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 12.7 pts (33%) Claim depth 9.9 pts (25%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Advanced Cardiovascu… · near

39
American Lithium… · near

39
Arisaka · near

39
Hoganas AB (PUBL) · this assignee

39
Rebate Assets · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hoganas's Innovation Score is 38.9/100 (top 40% 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 Hoganas?

Each dot is one of Hoganas’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). Hoganas’s own 16.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hoganas's grants concentrate

Hoganas AB (PUBL) is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (6 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Hoganas sits between Hexagon Metrology SAS and Husqvarna.

Hoganas's three-year grant acceleration

Hoganas AB (PUBL) shows 1 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.

Hexagon Metrology…

15
Hisense Hiview Te…

15
Hitachi Zosen Ino…

15
HMI Medical Innov…

15
Hueck Rheinische

15
Hunan Sany Intell…

15
Hunter Douglas In…

15
Husqvarna

15
Hoganas AB (PUBL) ◀

15

What this shows Hoganas holds 15 patents at rank #18,706, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hoganas

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,706 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B22F (Working Metallic Powder)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hoganas, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B22F (Working Metallic Powder), Hoganas ranks #149 of 926 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Rebate Assets, LLC 39 Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. 39 American Lithium Energy Corporation 39 Arisaka LLC 39

Hoganas's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 40% higher than 60% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hoganas AB (PUBL) patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	6	40.0%
2016	6	40.0%
2017	2	13.3%
2024	1	6.7%

Which technologies does Hoganas AB (PUBL) patent most?

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 9

C22C - Alloys 9

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 4

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 2

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

B62M - Rider Propulsion OF Wheeled Vehicles OR SLEDGES; Powered Propulsion OF Sledges OR ; SINGLE-TRACK; CYCLES; Transmissions Specially Adapted FOR Such Vehicles 1

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 1

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 1

C02F - Treatment OF Water, Waste Water, Sewage, OR Sludge 1

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 1

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 1

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 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

Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hoganas AB (PUBL)'s lead technology class is B22F (Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B22F
Ranked #18,723 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hoganas AB (PUBL) against Hexagon Metrology SAS, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.9/100 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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