Where does Horiba Europe GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Horiba Europe GmbH ranks #47,481 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 Europe GmbH hold?

Horiba Europe GmbH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 11 technology areas.

What is Horiba Europe GmbH's Innovation Score?

Horiba Europe GmbH has an Innovation Score of 28.1 out of 100 (26th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Horiba Europe GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Horiba Europe GmbH's recent grant velocity is -67% 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 Europe GmbH's patents?

Horiba Europe GmbH's patents average 17.0 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 Europe GmbH 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 Europe GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Horiba Europe GmbH focus on?

Horiba Europe GmbH's top technology area is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 2 patents, ranking #538 of 1,420 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 11 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 11 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Horiba ranks #47,481 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 11 technology areas.

#47,481
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 26th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.1/100): 17.0
avg claims per patent: -67%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47481 · Foreign Corporation #47,481 · 5 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,481/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Home Tech Innovation
CPC-FOCUS G01M · 11 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -67% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Home Tech Innovation, 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 28.1 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 6.2 pts (22%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 11.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Horiba Europe · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Horiba's Innovation Score is 28.1/100 (26th 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 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 17.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 6.6 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 Europe GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 11 CPC subclasses with 40% of grants classified under G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Horiba sits between Home Tech Innovation, Inc. and Hospi Corporation.

Home Tech Innovat…

5
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5
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Hortonworks

5
Hospi

5
Horiba Europe ◀

5

What this shows Horiba holds 5 patents at rank #47,533, 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 #47,533 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR Structures)

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

Horiba's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 26th percentile higher than 26% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Horiba Europe GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	40.0%
2018	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Horiba Europe GmbH patent most?

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 2

F01N - Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Gas-flow Silencers OR Exhaust Apparatus FOR Internal-combustion Engines 1

F02D - Controlling Combustion Engines 1

F02B - Internal-combustion Piston ENGINES; Combustion Engines IN General 1

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 1

B23B - TURNING; Boring 1

F16H - Gearing 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

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

Horiba Europe GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Horiba Europe GmbH's lead technology class is G01M (Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 40% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01M
Ranked #47,481 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Horiba Europe GmbH against Home Tech Innovation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.1/100 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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