Where does Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. ranks #9,281 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

Is Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s recent grant velocity is -64% 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 Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s patents?

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s patents average 18.8 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.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.

Q: How many patents does Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. hold?

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. holds 34 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2021, spanning 22 technology areas.

Q: What is Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s Innovation Score?

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. has an Innovation Score of 40.1 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Q: What technology areas does Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. focus on?

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s top technology area is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 19 patents, ranking #220 of 1,969 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 22 CPC subclasses total.

Q: How is the Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. 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 PatentsView assignee record - 34 granted patents across 22 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2021. 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: B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Huf ranks #9,281 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 34 patents across 22 technology areas.

#9,281
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.1/100): 18.8
avg claims per patent: -64%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R9281 · US Corporation #9,281 · 34 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 34 grants
UPPER-Q #9,281/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Henke-Sass Wolf
CPC-FOCUS B60R · 22 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -64% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Henke-Sass, Wolf GmbH (±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 Huf’s 40.1 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 12.3 pts (31%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 16.6 pts (41%) Claim depth 11.3 pts (28%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Evalve · near

40
Huf North America… · this assignee

40
Indian Industries · near

40
RaySearch Laboratori… · near

40
JMJ Korea · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Huf's Innovation Score is 40.1/100 (top 36% 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 Huf?

Each dot is one of Huf’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). Huf’s own 18.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.5 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Huf's grants concentrate

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 22 CPC subclasses with 55.9% of grants classified under B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (11 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Huf sits between HS Marston Aerospace Limited and Iguzzini Illuminazione S.P.A..

HS Marston Aerosp…

34
Henke-sass Wolf

34
Heron Therapeutics

34
Hublot Genève

34
Hyland UK Operati…

34
Ibex PT Holdings

34
Idemia Identity &…

34
Iguzzini Illumina…

34
Huf North America… ◀

34

What this shows Huf holds 34 patents at rank #9,281, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Huf

By rank, the assignees closest to #9,281 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60R (Vehicles)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Huf, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60R (Vehicles), Huf ranks #220 of 1,969 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Indian Industries, Inc. 40 RaySearch Laboratories AB 40 Evalve, Inc. 40 JMJ Korea Co., Ltd. 40

Huf's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2021

Grants by year

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

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Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	8.8%
2016	3	8.8%
2017	2	5.9%
2018	11	32.4%
2019	6	17.6%
2020	8	23.5%
2021	1	2.9%

Which technologies does Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. patent most?

B60R - Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 19

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 12

E05B - LOCKS; Accessories THEREFOR; Handcuffs 9

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 6

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 4

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 4

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 3

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 3

Y02D - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN Information AND Communication Technologies [ICT], I.E. Information AND Communication Technologies Aiming AT THE Reduction OF Their OWN Energy USE 2

B60J - Windows, Windscreens, Non-fixed Roofs, Doors, OR Similar Devices FOR VEHICLES; Removable External Protective Coverings Specially Adapted FOR Vehicles 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 2

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 1

B44C - Producing Decorative Effects ; MOSAICS; Tarsia Work ; Paperhanging 1

B62J - Cycle Saddles OR SEATS; Auxiliary Devices OR Accessories Specially Adapted TO Cycles AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, e.g. Article Carriers OR Cycle Protectors 1

Top 15 of 22 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

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp.'s lead technology class is B60R (Vehicles, Vehicle Fittings, OR Vehicle Parts, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 55.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60R
Ranked #9,281 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Huf North America Automotive Parts Manufacturing Corp. against HS Marston Aerospace Limited, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.1/100 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

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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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