Where does Horiba ABX SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Horiba ABX SAS ranks #11,670 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 Horiba ABX SAS hold?

Horiba ABX SAS holds 26 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 18 technology areas.

What is Horiba ABX SAS's Innovation Score?

Horiba ABX SAS has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Horiba ABX SAS focus on?

Horiba ABX SAS's top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 26 patents, ranking #569 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 18 CPC subclasses total.

Is Horiba ABX SAS's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Horiba ABX SAS's recent grant velocity is -8% 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 Horiba ABX SAS's patents?

Horiba ABX SAS'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.

How is the Horiba ABX SAS 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

Horiba ABX SAS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 26 granted patents across 18 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Horiba ranks #11,670 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 26 patents across 18 technology areas.

#11,670
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 14.6
avg claims per patent: -8%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R11670 · Foreign Corporation #11,670 · 26 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 26 grants
UPPER-Q #11,670/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Glytech
CPC-FOCUS G01N · 18 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT -8% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Glytech, 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 Horiba’s 40.3 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 11.4 pts (28%) Velocity 5.2 pts (13%) Breadth 15.0 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.8 pts (22%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Guangzhou Kugou… · near

40
Edda Technology · near

40
Horiba ABX SAS · this assignee

40
Imflux · near

40
Printpack Illinois · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Horiba's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Horiba?

Each dot is one of Horiba’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). Horiba’s own 14.6 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Horiba's grants concentrate

Horiba ABX SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 18 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Horiba sits between Glytech, Inc. and Helmholtz-Zentrum Für Infektionsforschung GmbH.

Horiba's three-year grant acceleration

Horiba ABX SAS shows 7 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Glytech

26
Handi-craft

26
Hayashi Telempu

26
Heraeus Precious…

26
Husky

26
Hangzhou Glority…

26
Healgen Scientific

26
Helmholtz-zentrum…

26
Horiba ABX SAS ◀

26

What this shows Horiba holds 26 patents at rank #11,666, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Horiba

By rank, the assignees closest to #11,666 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Horiba, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…), Horiba ranks #569 of 7,863 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Edda Technology, Inc. 40 Printpack Illinois, Inc. 40 Imflux Inc. 40 Guangzhou Kugou Computer Technology Co., Ltd. 40

Horiba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% 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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Horiba ABX SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	7.7%
2016	1	3.8%
2018	4	15.4%
2019	5	19.2%
2020	3	11.5%
2021	1	3.8%
2022	4	15.4%
2024	3	11.5%
2025partial year	3	11.5%

Which technologies does Horiba ABX SAS patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 26

G03H - Holographic Processes OR Apparatus 6

B01L - Chemical OR Physical Laboratory Apparatus FOR General USE 4

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

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

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

C12M - Apparatus FOR Enzymology OR MICROBIOLOGY; Apparatus FOR Culturing Microorganisms FOR Producing Biomass, FOR Growing Cells OR FOR Obtaining Fermentation OR Metabolic Products, i.e. Bioreactors OR Fermenters 1

H01S - Devices Using THE Process OF Light Amplification BY Stimulated Emission OF Radiation [LASER] TO Amplify OR Generate LIGHT; Devices Using Stimulated Emission OF Electromagnetic Radiation IN Wave Ranges Other Than Optical 1

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

C12Q - Measuring OR Testing Processes Involving Enzymes, Nucleic Acids OR Microorganisms ; Compositions OR Test Papers THEREFOR; Processes OF Preparing Such COMPOSITIONS; Condition-responsive Control IN Microbiological OR Enzymological Processes 1

Top 15 of 18 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

Horiba ABX SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Horiba ABX SAS's lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #11,670 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Horiba ABX SAS against Glytech, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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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