Where does Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC ranks #15,351 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 Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC hold?

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's Innovation Score?

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC has an Innovation Score of 33.2 out of 100 (44th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC focus on?

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's top technology area is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification) with 5 patents, ranking #3,118 of 7,127 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's recent grant velocity is -27% 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 Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's patents?

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's patents average 6.4 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 Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC 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

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hu-friedy ranks #15,351 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 5 technology areas.

#15,351
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 44th percentile
by Innovation Score (33.2/100): 6.4
avg claims per patent: -27%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15351 · US Corporation #15,351 · 19 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,351/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou Denghong…
CPC-NARROW A61B · 5 areas
INNOV-THIN 33.2/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 6.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -27% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou Denghong Technology Co., Ltd. (±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 Hu-friedy’s 33.2 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 10.3 pts (31%) Velocity 11.1 pts (33%) Breadth 7.9 pts (24%) Claim depth 3.9 pts (12%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hu-friedy MFG · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hu-friedy's Innovation Score is 33.2/100 (44th 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 Hu-friedy?

Each dot is one of Hu-friedy’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). Hu-friedy’s own 6.4 claims/patent is at or below the 14.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hu-friedy's grants concentrate

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 26.3% of grants classified under A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hu-friedy sits between Holo, Inc. and Hangzhou Denghong Technology Co., Ltd..

Hu-friedy's three-year grant acceleration

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 3 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.

Holo

19
Honda Patents & N…

19
Hong Kong Beida J…

19
HTR Development

19
Huazhong Agricult…

19
Hyphy USA

19
Hytorc Division U…

19
Hangzhou Denghong…

19
Hu-friedy MFG ◀

19

What this shows Hu-friedy holds 19 patents at rank #15,342, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hu-friedy

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,342 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61B (Diagnosis)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hu-friedy's primary technology class.

Hu-friedy's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 44th percentile higher than 44% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	10.5%
2016	4	21.1%
2017	4	21.1%
2018	1	5.3%
2021	3	15.8%
2022	2	10.5%
2023	1	5.3%
2024	2	10.5%

Which technologies does Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC patent most?

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

A61C - DENTISTRY; Apparatus OR Methods FOR Oral OR Dental Hygiene 5

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

A61L - Methods OR Apparatus FOR Sterilising Materials OR Objects IN GENERAL; Disinfection, Sterilisation OR Deodorisation OF AIR; Chemical Aspects OF Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical ARTICLES; Materials FOR Bandages, Dressings, Absorbent Pads OR Surgical Articles 1

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 1

Top 5 of 5 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

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC's lead technology class is A61B (DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification), 26.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61B
Ranked #15,351 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hu-friedy MFG. Co., LLC against Holo, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 33.2/100 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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