Where does Howa Machinery, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Howa Machinery, Ltd. ranks #35,736 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 Howa Machinery, Ltd. hold?

Howa Machinery, Ltd. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2024, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Howa Machinery, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 40.6 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Howa Machinery, Ltd. focus on?

Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s top technology area is B23B (TURNING; Boring) with 3 patents, ranking #141 of 490 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

Is Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is +33% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s patents?

Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s patents average 5.7 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 Howa Machinery, Ltd. 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

Howa Machinery, Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 8 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, Howa ranks #35,736 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 8 technology areas.

#35,736
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.6/100): 5.7
avg claims per patent: +33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35736 · Foreign Corporation #35,736 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,736/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH House Foods
CPC-NARROW B23B · 8 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.6/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 5.7 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-UP +33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: House Foods 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 Howa’s 40.6 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 (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (49%) Breadth 10.0 pts (25%) Claim depth 3.4 pts (8%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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Howa Machinery · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Howa's Innovation Score is 40.6/100 (top 35% 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 Howa?

Each dot is one of Howa’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). Howa’s own 5.7 claims/patent is at or below the 13.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Howa's grants concentrate

Howa Machinery, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B23B (TURNING; Boring). Peak complete grant year is 2024 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Howa sits between House Foods Corporation and HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc..

Howa's three-year grant acceleration

Howa Machinery, Ltd. shows 4 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.

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What this shows Howa holds 7 patents at rank #35,660, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Howa

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,660 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B23B (Turning)

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

Howa's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 35% higher than 65% 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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Howa Machinery, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	1	14.3%
2024	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Howa Machinery, Ltd. patent most?

B23B - TURNING; Boring 3

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F41A - Functional Features OR Details Common TO Both Smallarms AND Ordnance, e.g. CANNONS; Mountings FOR Smallarms OR Ordnance 1

F16C - SHAFTS; Flexible SHAFTS; Elements OR Crankshaft MECHANISMS; Rotary Bodies Other Than Gearing ELEMENTS; Bearings 1

F16J - Pistons ; CYLINDERS; Sealings 1

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 1

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Howa Machinery, Ltd.'s lead technology class is B23B (TURNING; Boring), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B23B
Ranked #35,736 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Howa Machinery, Ltd. against House Foods Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.6/100 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.

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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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