Where does Horton, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Horton, Inc. ranks #9,051 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 Horton, Inc. hold?

Horton, Inc. holds 35 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Horton, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Horton, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.5 out of 100 (top 31% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Horton, Inc. focus on?

Horton, Inc.'s top technology area is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes) with 22 patents, ranking #75 of 1,090 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Horton, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Horton, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +62% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Horton, Inc.'s patents?

Horton, Inc.'s patents average 21.7 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 Horton, Inc. 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 US Corporation

Horton, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 35 granted patents across 15 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: F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Horton ranks #9,051 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 35 patents across 15 technology areas.

#9,051
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 31%
by Innovation Score (42.5/100): 21.7
avg claims per patent: +62%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9051 · US Corporation #9,051 · 35 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 35 grants
UPPER-Q #9,051/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gomaco
CPC-FOCUS F16D · 15 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.5/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 21.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +62% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gomaco Corporation (±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 Horton’s 42.5 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 12.4 pts (29%) Velocity 3.3 pts (8%) Breadth 13.7 pts (32%) Claim depth 13.0 pts (31%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
DHK Storage · near

42
Diehl Metering · near

42
Horton · this assignee

42
Progressive… · near

42
Urgo Recherche… · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Horton's Innovation Score is 42.5/100 (top 31% 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 Horton?

Each dot is one of Horton’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). Horton’s own 21.7 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Horton's grants concentrate

Horton, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 62.9% of grants classified under F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Horton sits between Gomaco Corporation and Hitachi Power Solutions Co., Ltd..

Horton's three-year grant acceleration

Horton, Inc. shows 8 grants in 2022–2024 against only 16 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.

Gomaco

35
Guangzhou Luxvisi…

35
Hanwha Defense

35
HJC

35
Hydrojug

35
Hanlong Industrial

35
Hansen Medical

35
Hitachi Power Sol…

35
Horton ◀

35

What this shows Horton holds 35 patents at rank #9,046, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Horton

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,046 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Horton, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting Rotation), Horton ranks #75 of 1,090 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Progressive Casualty Insurance Company 42 Diehl Metering GmbH 42 Urgo Recherche Innovation ET Developpement 42 DHK Storage, Inc. 42

Horton's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 31% higher than 69% 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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Horton, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	2.9%
2016	3	8.6%
2017	4	11.4%
2018	2	5.7%
2019	3	8.6%
2020	10	28.6%
2021	3	8.6%
2022	4	11.4%
2023	3	8.6%
2024	1	2.9%
2025partial year	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Horton, Inc. patent most?

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 22

F01P - Cooling OF Machines OR Engines IN GENERAL; Cooling OF Internal-combustion Engines 13

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 7

F16H - Gearing 5

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 5

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 4

F28G - Cleaning OF Internal OR External Surfaces OF Heat-exchange OR Heat-transfer Conduits, e.g. Water Tubes OR Boilers 3

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 3

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 3

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 2

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

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

H02N - Electric Machines NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 15 of 15 technology areas

More on this record

Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Horton, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Horton, Inc.'s lead technology class is F16D (Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes), 62.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16D
Ranked #9,051 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Horton, Inc. against Gomaco Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.5/100 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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