Where does Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH ranks #21,241 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 Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH hold?

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH holds 13 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's Innovation Score?

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH has an Innovation Score of 28.8 out of 100 (29th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's recent grant velocity is -82% 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 Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's patents?

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's patents average 15.2 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 Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik 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

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH

Q: What technology areas does Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH focus on?

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's top technology area is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure) with 11 patents, ranking #78 of 1,293 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 13 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hottinger ranks #21,241 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 13 patents across 9 technology areas.

#21,241
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 29th percentile
by Innovation Score (28.8/100): 15.2
avg claims per patent: -82%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R21241 · Foreign Corporation #21,241 · 13 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 13 grants
MID-PACK #21,241/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hoerbiger Wien
CPC-NARROW G01L · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 28.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.2 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -82% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hoerbiger Wien GmbH (±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 Hottinger’s 28.8 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 9.1 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.6 pts (37%) Claim depth 9.1 pts (32%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Hottinger Baldwin… · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hottinger's Innovation Score is 28.8/100 (29th 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 Hottinger?

Each dot is one of Hottinger’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). Hottinger’s own 15.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hottinger's grants concentrate

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 84.6% of grants classified under G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hottinger sits between Hoerbiger Wien GmbH and I-mab Biopharma US Limited.

Hoerbiger Wien

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Hosei University

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I-mab Biopharma US

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Hottinger Baldwin… ◀

13

What this shows Hottinger holds 13 patents at rank #21,241, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hottinger

By rank, the assignees closest to #21,241 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01L (Measuring Force)

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

Hottinger's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	15.4%
2016	2	15.4%
2017	1	7.7%
2018	4	30.8%
2019	2	15.4%
2020	2	15.4%

Which technologies does Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH patent most?

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 11

G01G - Weighing 5

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 4

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 2

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 2

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 1

H03F - Amplifiers 1

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 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

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH's lead technology class is G01L (Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure), 84.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01L
Ranked #21,241 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH against Hoerbiger Wien GmbH, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 28.8/100 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

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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

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