Where does Honda Patents & Technologies North America rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Honda Patents & Technologies North America ranks #15,347 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 Honda Patents & Technologies North America hold?

Honda Patents & Technologies North America holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 27 technology areas.

What is Honda Patents & Technologies North America's Innovation Score?

Honda Patents & Technologies North America has an Innovation Score of 38.6 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%).

What technology areas does Honda Patents & Technologies North America focus on?

Honda Patents & Technologies North America's top technology area is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters) with 11 patents, ranking #118 of 592 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 27 CPC subclasses total.

Is Honda Patents & Technologies North America's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Honda Patents & Technologies North America's recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Honda Patents & Technologies North America's patents?

Honda Patents & Technologies North America's patents average 14.6 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Honda Patents & Technologies North America

Q: How is the Honda Patents & Technologies North America 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 PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 27 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. 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: B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Honda ranks #15,347 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 27 technology areas.

#15,347
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 40%
by Innovation Score (38.6/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15347 · US Corporation #15,347 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,347/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hetaida Technology
CPC-FOCUS B64C · 27 areas
INNOV-THIN 38.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hetaida Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Honda’s 38.6 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 10.3 pts (27%) Velocity 1.1 pts (3%) Breadth 18.4 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (23%)

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What this shows Honda's Innovation Score is 38.6/100 (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 Honda?

Each dot is one of Honda’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). Honda’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 9.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Honda's grants concentrate

Honda Patents & Technologies North America is a focused PatentsView assignee: 27 CPC subclasses with 57.9% of grants classified under B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters). Peak complete grant year is 2015 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Honda sits between Hetaida Technology Co., Ltd. and Huazhong Agricultural University.

Honda's three-year grant acceleration

Honda Patents & Technologies North America shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 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.

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What this shows Honda holds 19 patents at rank #15,339, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Honda

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,339 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B64C (Aeroplanes)

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

Honda'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 · 2015–2022

Grants by year

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

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Honda Patents & Technologies North America patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	21.1%
2016	2	10.5%
2017	2	10.5%
2018	4	21.1%
2019	2	10.5%
2020	3	15.8%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	1	5.3%

Which technologies does Honda Patents & Technologies North America patent most?

B64C - AEROPLANES; Helicopters 11

B64D - Equipment FOR Fitting IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; Flight SUITS; PARACHUTES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Power Plants OR Propulsion Transmissions IN Aircraft 6

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 2

B64F - Ground OR Aircraft-carrier-deck Installations Specially Adapted FOR USE IN Connection With AIRCRAFT; Designing, Manufacturing, Assembling, Cleaning, Maintaining OR Repairing Aircraft, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Handling, Transporting, Testing OR Inspecting Aircraft Components, NOT Otherwise Provide 2

B05C - Apparatus FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

B25J - MANIPULATORS; Chambers Provided With Manipulation Devices 1

G05G - Control Devices OR Systems Insofar AS Characterised BY Mechanical Features Only 1

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 1

B64G - COSMONAUTICS; Vehicles OR Equipment Therefor 1

Top 15 of 27 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

Honda Patents & Technologies North America's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Honda Patents & Technologies North America's lead technology class is B64C (AEROPLANES; Helicopters), 57.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B64C
Ranked #15,347 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Honda Patents & Technologies North America against Hetaida Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 38.6/100 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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