Where does Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. ranks #47,524 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 Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. hold?

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2024, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 29.6 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +300% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s patents?

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s patents average 23.2 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 Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. 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

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. focus on?

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s top technology area is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties) with 5 patents, ranking #2,660 of 7,863 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2024. 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: G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hunter ranks #47,524 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 2 technology areas.

#47,524
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.6/100): 23.2
avg claims per patent: +300%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47524 · US Corporation #47,524 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,524/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Humanscan
CPC-NARROW G01N · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.6/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 23.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +300% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Humanscan 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 Hunter’s 29.6 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 6.2 pts (21%) Velocity 4.4 pts (15%) Breadth 5.0 pts (17%) Claim depth 13.9 pts (47%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

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3D Lighting… · lowest

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What this shows Hunter's Innovation Score is 29.6/100 (31st 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 Hunter?

Each dot is one of Hunter’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). Hunter’s own 23.2 claims/patent is ABOVE the 10.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hunter's grants concentrate

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties). By volume, Hunter sits between Humanscan Co., Ltd. and HVR Cardio Oy.

Hunter's three-year grant acceleration

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. shows 2 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.

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What this shows Hunter holds 5 patents at rank #47,420, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hunter

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,420 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their…)

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

Hunter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2024

Grants by year

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

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Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	20.0%
2020	1	20.0%
2021	1	20.0%
2023	1	20.0%
2024	1	20.0%

Which technologies does Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. patent most?

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

G01J - Measurement OF Intensity, Velocity, Spectral Content, Polarisation, Phase OR Pulse Characteristics OF Infrared, Visible OR Ultraviolet LIGHT; COLORIMETRY; Radiation Pyrometry 5

Top 2 of 2 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

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc.'s lead technology class is G01N (Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01N
Ranked #47,524 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hunter Associates Laboratory, Inc. against Humanscan Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.6/100 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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