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Hound Tech LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 6 granted patents across 6 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: E03D (Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hound ranks #40,755 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 6 patents across 6 technology areas.

#40,755
of 49,997 US assignees by volume
Top 23%
by Innovation Score (45.5/100)
16.8
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R40755 · US Corporation #40,755 · 6 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · LOWER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

  • GRANTS-MICRO 6 grants
  • LOWER-Q #40,755/49,997
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hope Global…
  • CPC-NARROW E03D · 6 areas
  • INNOV-PAR 45.5/100
  • CLAIMS-RICH 16.8 claims/avg
  • TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
  • SPAN-YRS 2020–2025 · 6y
  • BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hope Global Division of NFA Corp. (±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 Hound’s 45.5 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Innovation-score neighbourhood around Hound

Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.

score

What this shows Hound's Innovation Score is 45.5/100 (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.

Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score As of 2015–2025

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Hound?

Each dot is one of Hound’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). Hound’s own 16.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Hound vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Granted patents (volume) (X) and Avg claims / patent (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Volume + depthSelective & thoroughVolume over depthLean filer 5.96.06.066.06.06.1 010203040 Granted patents (volume) Avg claims / patent Hope Global Division of NFA Corp. - 6, 18.5Hope Global Divis…Horizon Group USA, Inc. - 6, 15.33Horizon Group USAHorse Sense Shoes, LLC - 6, 12.33Horse Sense ShoesHothouse Medical Limited - 6, 34.83Hothouse MedicalHouse of Antique Hardware, Inc. - 6, 1House of Antique…HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology - 6, 13.17Hudsonalpha Insti…Hugh Steeper Limited - 6, 10.5Hugh SteeperHughes Systique Private Limited - 6, 12.17Hughes Systique P…Hound Tech LLC - 6, 16.83Hound Tech
Hound vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Hound's grants concentrate

Hound Tech LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 50% of grants classified under E03D (Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor). By volume, Hound sits between Hope Global Division of NFA Corp. and Hughes Systique Private Limited.

Hound's three-year grant acceleration

Hound Tech LLC 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.

Who files at Hound's volume?

Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀

patents

What this shows Hound holds 6 patents at rank #40,773, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Source USPTO PatentsView, granted utility patents As of 2015–2025

Companies ranked near Hound

By rank, the assignees closest to #40,773 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E03D (Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing Devices)

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

Hound's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

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

This assignee 0 100 every tracked assignee, bucketed by value

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

0.511.522.5 20202022202320242025 2
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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Hound Tech LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year Patents Granted Share of Period
2020 1 16.7%
2022 1 16.7%
2023 1 16.7%
2024 1 16.7%
2025partial year 2 33.3%

Which technologies does Hound Tech LLC patent most?

Top 6 of 6 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

Hound Tech LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

  • Hound Tech LLC's lead technology class is E03D (Water-closets OR Urinals With Flushing DEVICES; Flushing Valves Therefor), 50% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E03D
  • Ranked #40,755 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
  • Compare Hound Tech LLC against Hope Global Division of NFA Corp., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
  • Innovation Score of 45.5/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.