Where does HUBER+SUHNER AG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HUBER+SUHNER AG ranks #6,441 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 HUBER+SUHNER AG hold?

HUBER+SUHNER AG holds 52 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 19 technology areas.

What is HUBER+SUHNER AG's Innovation Score?

HUBER+SUHNER AG has an Innovation Score of 41.6 out of 100 (top 33% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is HUBER+SUHNER AG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HUBER+SUHNER AG's recent grant velocity is -21% 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 HUBER+SUHNER AG's patents?

HUBER+SUHNER AG's patents average 14.9 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 HUBER+SUHNER AG 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

HUBER+SUHNER AG

Q: What technology areas does HUBER+SUHNER AG focus on?

HUBER+SUHNER AG's top technology area is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors) with 25 patents, ranking #133 of 2,265 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 19 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 52 granted patents across 19 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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: H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Huber+suhner ranks #6,441 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 52 patents across 19 technology areas.

#6,441
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 33%
by Innovation Score (41.6/100): 14.9
avg claims per patent: -21%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R6441 · Foreign Corporation #6,441 · 52 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 52 grants
UPPER-Q #6,441/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gamesys
CPC-FOCUS H01R · 19 areas
INNOV-PAR 41.6/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DOWN -21% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gamesys, 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 Huber+suhner’s 41.6 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 13.7 pts (33%) Velocity 3.5 pts (8%) Breadth 15.4 pts (37%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
A&D · near

42
Biogaia AB · near

42
Cambium Networks · near

42
HUBER+SUHNER · this assignee

42
Nemaska Lithium · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Huber+suhner's Innovation Score is 41.6/100 (top 33% 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 Huber+suhner?

Each dot is one of Huber+suhner’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). Huber+suhner’s own 14.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Huber+suhner's grants concentrate

HUBER+SUHNER AG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 19 CPC subclasses with 48.1% of grants classified under H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2022. By volume, Huber+suhner sits between Genethon and Inje University Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation.

Huber+suhner's three-year grant acceleration

HUBER+SUHNER AG shows 9 grants in 2022–2024 against only 17 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.

Genethon

52
Gamesys

52
Gaming Arts

52
HRB Innovations

52
I-shou University

52
IFM

52
Inertech IP

52
Inje University I…

52
Huber+Suhner ◀

52

What this shows HUBER+SUHNER holds 52 patents at rank #6,441, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HUBER+SUHNER

By rank, the assignees closest to #6,441 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in HUBER+SUHNER's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HUBER+SUHNER, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H01R (Electrically-conductive Connections), HUBER+SUHNER ranks #133 of 2,265 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

Cambium Networks Ltd 42 A&D Company, Limited 42 Biogaia AB 42 Nemaska Lithium Inc. 42

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.9 here).

Toyota Motor Europe 14.9 avg Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa 14.9 avg EOS GmbH Electro Optical Systems 14.9 avg Orion Energy Systems, Inc. 14.9 avg

Huber+suhner's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 33% higher than 67% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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HUBER+SUHNER AG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	7	13.5%
2016	3	5.8%
2017	8	15.4%
2018	6	11.5%
2019	4	7.7%
2020	6	11.5%
2021	7	13.5%
2022	2	3.8%
2023	2	3.8%
2024	5	9.6%
2025partial year	2	3.8%

Which technologies does HUBER+SUHNER AG patent most?

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 25

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 14

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 10

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 8

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 8

H01P - WAVEGUIDES; Resonators, Lines, OR Other Devices OF THE Waveguide Type 8

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 6

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

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

Y02A - Technologies FOR Adaptation TO Climate Change 1

H04Q - Selecting 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H04M - Telephonic Communication 1

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 1

Top 15 of 19 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

HUBER+SUHNER AG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HUBER+SUHNER AG's lead technology class is H01R (Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors), 48.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01R
Ranked #6,441 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HUBER+SUHNER AG against Genethon, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 41.6/100 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.

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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