Where does Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG ranks #47,511 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 Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG hold?

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's Innovation Score?

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's recent grant velocity is +0% 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 Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's patents?

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's patents average 19.0 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 Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG 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

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG

Q: What technology areas does Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG focus on?

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's top technology area is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing) with 3 patents, ranking #454 of 2,095 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 6 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: F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hugo ranks #47,511 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 6 technology areas.

#47,511
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 19.0
avg claims per patent: +0%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47511 · Foreign Corporation #47,511 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,511/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hubei Bio-pharmaceut…
CPC-NARROW F16B · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-FLAT +0% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hubei Bio-pharmaceutical Industrial Technological Institute Inc. (±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 Hugo’s 32.9 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 6.2 pts (19%) Velocity 6.7 pts (20%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 11.4 pts (35%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hugo Benzing & KG · this assignee

33
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hugo's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd 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 Hugo?

Each dot is one of Hugo’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). Hugo’s own 19.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.8 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hugo's grants concentrate

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing). By volume, Hugo sits between Hubei Bio-pharmaceutical Industrial Technological Institute Inc. and Humex, S.A..

Hugo's three-year grant acceleration

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG shows 1 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.

Hubei Bio-pharmac…

5
Hubiomed

5
HUE AI

5
Huesker

5
Humanigen

5
Humanscan

5
Humantouch

5
Humex

5
Hugo Benzing & KG ◀

5

What this shows Hugo holds 5 patents at rank #47,414, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hugo

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,414 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements…)

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

Hugo's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% 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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Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	20.0%
2017	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2022	1	20.0%
2025partial year	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG patent most?

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

H01M - Processes OR Means, e.g. Batteries, FOR THE Direct Conversion OF Chemical Energy Into Electrical Energy 2

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

B21D - Working OR Processing OF Sheet Metal OR Metal Tubes, Rods OR Profiles Without Essentially Removing MATERIAL; Punching Metal 1

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG's lead technology class is F16B (Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16B
Ranked #47,511 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hugo Benzing GMBH & Co. KG against Hubei Bio-pharmaceutical Industrial Technological Institute Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 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

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