Where does Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. ranks #35,730 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 Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. hold?

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 45.7 out of 100 (top 23% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. focus on?

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.'s top technology area is B23B (TURNING; Boring) with 5 patents, ranking #94 of 490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -25% 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 Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.'s patents?

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.'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 Hougen Manufacturing, 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

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2024. 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: B23B (TURNING; Boring).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hougen ranks #35,730 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#35,730
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.7/100): 15.3
avg claims per patent: -25%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35730 · US Corporation #35,730 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,730/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Horning Manufacturing
CPC-NARROW B23B · 7 areas
INNOV-PAR 45.7/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -25% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Horning Manufacturing, LLC (±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 Hougen’s 45.7 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 7.2 pts (16%) Velocity 20.0 pts (44%) Breadth 9.4 pts (21%) Claim depth 9.2 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
1080 Network · near

46
Asahi Kasei… · near

46
Hougen Manufacturing · this assignee

46
Stant USA · near

46
VIA Labs · near

46
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hougen's Innovation Score is 45.7/100 (top 23% 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 Hougen?

Each dot is one of Hougen’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). Hougen’s own 15.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hougen's grants concentrate

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B23B (TURNING; Boring). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hougen sits between Horning Manufacturing, LLC and Hubb Filters, Inc..

Hougen's three-year grant acceleration

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Horning Manufactu…

7
Horst Siedle & KG

7
Hotstart

7
Hotberry

7
House of Forgings

7
Hoyos Labs IP

7
Huawei Digital (C…

7
Hubb Filters

7
Hougen Manufactur… ◀

7

What this shows Hougen holds 7 patents at rank #35,751, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hougen

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,751 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23B (Turning)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hougen, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B23B (Turning), Hougen ranks #94 of 490 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (46 here).

1080 Network, Inc. 46 VIA Labs, Inc. 46 Stant USA Corp. 46 Asahi Kasei E-materials Corporation 46

Hougen's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

46 Top 23% higher than 77% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. patent most?

B23B - TURNING; Boring 5

B23Q - Details, Components, OR Accessories FOR Machine Tools, e.g. Arrangements FOR Copying OR Controlling ; Machine Tools IN General Characterised BY THE Construction OF Particular Details OR COMPONENTS; Combinations OR Associations OF Metal-working Machines, NOT Directed TO A Particular Result 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 3

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 1

B25F - Combination OR Multi-purpose Tools NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Details OR Components OF Portable Power-driven Tools NOT Particularly Related TO THE Operations Performed AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 7 of 7 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

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

Hougen Manufacturing, Inc.'s lead technology class is B23B (TURNING; Boring), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23B
Ranked #35,730 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hougen Manufacturing, Inc. against Horning Manufacturing, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 45.7/100 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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