Where does Hoppe Holding AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hoppe Holding AG ranks #16,862 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 Hoppe Holding AG hold?

Hoppe Holding AG holds 17 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Hoppe Holding AG's Innovation Score?

Hoppe Holding AG has an Innovation Score of 49.5 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 Hoppe Holding AG focus on?

Hoppe Holding AG's top technology area is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs) with 10 patents, ranking #101 of 815 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hoppe Holding AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hoppe Holding AG's recent grant velocity is -40% 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 Hoppe Holding AG's patents?

Hoppe Holding AG's patents average 14.8 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 Hoppe Holding AG 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

Hoppe Holding AG

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 17 granted patents across 9 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: E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hoppe ranks #16,862 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 17 patents across 9 technology areas.

#16,862
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 15%
by Innovation Score (49.5/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -40%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16862 · Foreign Corporation #16,862 · 17 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 17 grants
MID-PACK #16,862/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hevo
CPC-NARROW E05B · 9 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -40% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hevo, 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 Hoppe’s 49.5 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 10.0 pts (20%) Velocity 20.0 pts (40%) Breadth 10.6 pts (21%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hoppe Holding · this assignee

49
3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hoppe's Innovation Score is 49.5/100 (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 Hoppe?

Each dot is one of Hoppe’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). Hoppe’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hoppe's grants concentrate

Hoppe Holding AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 58.8% of grants classified under E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Hoppe sits between Hevo, Inc. and Hydac Systems & Services GMBH.

Hoppe's three-year grant acceleration

Hoppe Holding AG 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.

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What this shows Hoppe holds 17 patents at rank #16,858, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hoppe

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,858 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E05B (Locks)

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

Hoppe'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 · 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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Hoppe Holding AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	11.8%
2016	4	23.5%
2017	2	11.8%
2018	2	11.8%
2020	1	5.9%
2022	2	11.8%
2023	3	17.6%
2025partial year	1	5.9%

Which technologies does Hoppe Holding AG patent most?

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

E05C - Bolts OR Fastening Devices FOR Wings, Specially FOR Doors OR Windows 5

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 1

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 1

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 1

B01D - Separation 1

F01L - Cyclically Operating Valves FOR Machines OR Engines 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 9 of 9 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

Hoppe Holding AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hoppe Holding AG's lead technology class is E05B (LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs), 58.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E05B
Ranked #16,862 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hoppe Holding AG against Hevo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.5/100 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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