Where does Homax Products, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Homax Products, Inc. ranks #18,725 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 Homax Products, Inc. hold?

Homax Products, Inc. holds 15 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2016, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Homax Products, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Homax Products, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.3 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Homax Products, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Homax Products, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Homax Products, Inc.'s patents?

Homax Products, Inc.'s patents average 16.7 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 Homax Products, 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

Homax Products, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Homax Products, Inc. focus on?

Homax Products, Inc.'s top technology area is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages) with 14 patents, ranking #239 of 3,365 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 15 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2016. 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: B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Homax ranks #18,725 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 15 patents across 11 technology areas.

#18,725
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.3/100): 16.7
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R18725 · US Corporation #18,725 · 15 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 15 grants
MID-PACK #18,725/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hexagon Purus North…
CPC-FOCUS B65D · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hexagon Purus North America Holdings 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 Homax’s 31.3 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 9.6 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (37%) Claim depth 10.0 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Homax Products · this assignee

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Homax's Innovation Score is 31.3/100 (37th 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 Homax?

Each dot is one of Homax’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). Homax’s own 16.7 claims/patent is at or below the 17.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Homax's grants concentrate

Homax Products, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 93.3% of grants classified under B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (10 grants) versus a trough of 5 in 2016. By volume, Homax sits between Hexagon Purus North America Holdings Inc. and Hoshizaki America, Inc..

Hexagon Purus Nor…

15
Hexcelpack

15
Hiro Systems PBC

15
Holaira

15
Honda elesys

15
Hong Kong Ivps In…

15
Hongene Biotech

15
Hoshizaki America

15
Homax Products ◀

15

What this shows Homax holds 15 patents at rank #18,729, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Homax

By rank, the assignees closest to #18,729 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials)

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

Homax's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2016

Grants by year

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

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Homax Products, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	10	66.7%
2016	5	33.3%

Which technologies does Homax Products, Inc. patent most?

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 14

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 11

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 7

E04F - Finishing Work ON Buildings, e.g. Stairs, Floors 6

E04B - General Building CONSTRUCTIONS; Walls, e.g. PARTITIONS; ROOFS; FLOORS; CEILINGS; Insulation OR Other Protection OF Buildings 4

C08K - Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients 2

A61Q - Specific USE OF Cosmetics OR Similar Toiletry Preparations 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 2

E04G - SCAFFOLDING; FORMS; SHUTTERING; Building Implements OR Aids, OR Their USE; Handling Building Materials ON THE SITE; Repairing, Breaking-up OR Other Work ON Existing Buildings 1

C09K - Materials FOR Miscellaneous Applications, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 11 of 11 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

Homax Products, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Homax Products, Inc.'s lead technology class is B65D (Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR F), 93.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B65D
Ranked #18,725 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Homax Products, Inc. against Hexagon Purus North America Holdings Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.3/100 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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