Where does Horiba France SAS rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Horiba France SAS ranks #31,941 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 France SAS hold?

Horiba France SAS holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2020 and 2025, spanning 10 technology areas.

What is Horiba France SAS's Innovation Score?

Horiba France SAS has an Innovation Score of 29.3 out of 100 (30th percentile 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 France SAS focus on?

Horiba France SAS's top technology area is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus) with 5 patents, ranking #1,733 of 4,891 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 10 CPC subclasses total.

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

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Horiba France SAS.

What does claim depth mean for Horiba France SAS's patents?

Horiba France SAS's patents average 15.3 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 France 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 France SAS

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 10 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2020–2025. 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: G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Horiba ranks #31,941 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 10 technology areas.

#31,941
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 30th percentile
by Innovation Score (29.3/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31941 · Foreign Corporation #31,941 · 8 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,941/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Holland Bloorview…
CPC-FOCUS G02B · 10 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.3/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (±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 29.3 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 7.6 pts (26%) Velocity 1.3 pts (4%) Breadth 11.2 pts (38%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Horiba France SAS · this assignee

29
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Horiba's Innovation Score is 29.3/100 (30th 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 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 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 France SAS is a focused PatentsView assignee: 10 CPC subclasses with 62.5% of grants classified under G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, Horiba sits between Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Hrst, Inc..

Horiba's three-year grant acceleration

Horiba France SAS shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Holland Bloorview…

8
Holweg Group

8
Honda Tsushin Kog…

8
Hoppecke Batterie…

8
Hosokawa Alpine A…

8
Howa Plastics

8
HRM Enterprises

8
Hrst

8
Horiba France SAS ◀

8

What this shows Horiba holds 8 patents at rank #31,898, 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 #31,898 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G02B (Optical Elements)

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)

29 30th percentile higher than 30% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2020–2025

Grants by year

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

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Horiba France SAS patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2020	3	37.5%
2021	2	25.0%
2024	1	12.5%
2025partial year	2	25.0%

Which technologies does Horiba France SAS patent most?

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 1

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 1

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

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 1

Top 10 of 10 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 France SAS's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Horiba France SAS's lead technology class is G02B (Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus), 62.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G02B
Ranked #31,941 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Horiba France SAS against Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.3/100 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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