Where does Hultafors Group AB rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hultafors Group AB ranks #35,750 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 Hultafors Group AB hold?

Hultafors Group AB holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2024, spanning 5 technology areas.

What is Hultafors Group AB's Innovation Score?

Hultafors Group AB has an Innovation Score of 40.2 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%).

Is Hultafors Group AB's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for Hultafors Group AB.

What does claim depth mean for Hultafors Group AB's patents?

Hultafors Group AB's patents average 8.6 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 Hultafors Group AB 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

Hultafors Group AB

Q: What technology areas does Hultafors Group AB focus on?

Hultafors Group AB's top technology area is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours) with 4 patents, ranking #385 of 2,030 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 5 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 5 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2024. 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: G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours).

Compiled by PlainPatent · May 15, 2026

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hultafors ranks #35,750 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 5 technology areas.

#35,750
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.2/100): 8.6
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35750 · Foreign Corporation #35,750 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,750/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH HTI Technology and…
CPC-NARROW G01B · 5 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.2/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.6 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2024 · 4y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: HTI Technology and Industries, 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 Hultafors’s 40.2 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 7.2 pts (18%) Velocity 20.0 pts (50%) Breadth 7.9 pts (20%) Claim depth 5.1 pts (13%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hultafors Group AB · this assignee

40
Iogen Energy · near

40
NETZSCH-Gerätebau · near

40
Process Retail Group · near

40
Ultra-Mek · near

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hultafors's Innovation Score is 40.2/100 (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 Hultafors?

Each dot is one of Hultafors’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). Hultafors’s own 8.6 claims/patent is at or below the 12.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hultafors's grants concentrate

Hultafors Group AB is a focused PatentsView assignee: 5 CPC subclasses with 57.1% of grants classified under G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, Hultafors sits between HTI Technology and Industries, Inc. and Hunkeler AG.

Hultafors's three-year grant acceleration

Hultafors Group AB shows 6 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.

HTI Technology an…

7
Hubbell Incorpora…

7
Hubei Aviation Pr…

7
Huddle Room Techn…

7
Human Design Medi…

7
Humanitas Mirasol…

7
Hunan Sijiu Techn…

7
Hunkeler

7
Hultafors Group AB ◀

7

What this shows Hultafors holds 7 patents at rank #35,669, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hultafors

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,669 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01B (Measuring Length)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hultafors, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01B (Measuring Length), Hultafors ranks #385 of 2,030 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (40 here).

Process Retail Group, Inc. 40 Iogen Energy Corporation 40 Ultra-Mek, Inc. 40 NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH 40

Hultafors'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 · 2021–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hultafors Group AB patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	1	14.3%
2022	1	14.3%
2023	3	42.9%
2024	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Hultafors Group AB patent most?

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 4

B43L - Articles FOR Writing OR Drawing UPON; ; Writing OR Drawing AIDS;; Accessories FOR Writing OR Drawing 3

B25H - Workshop Equipment, e.g. FOR Marking-out WORK; Storage Means FOR Workshops 1

B27G - Accessory Machines OR Apparatus FOR Working Wood OR Similar MATERIALS; Tools FOR Working Wood OR Similar Materials ; Safety Devices FOR Wood Working Machines OR Tools 1

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 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

Hultafors Group AB's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hultafors Group AB's lead technology class is G01B (Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours), 57.1% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01B
Ranked #35,750 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hultafors Group AB against HTI Technology and Industries, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.2/100 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

Every figure on PlainPatent is rendered directly from USPTO source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page draws directly on USPTO source data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 2026.