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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hunter Industries, Inc. ranks #3,016 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 Industries, Inc. hold?

Hunter Industries, Inc. holds 126 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 32 technology areas.

What is Hunter Industries, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hunter Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 49.9 out of 100 (top 14% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

Hunter Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -33% 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 Hunter Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Hunter Industries, Inc.'s patents average 17.3 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 Industries, 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 Industries, Inc.

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

Hunter Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering) with 52 patents, ranking #7 of 635 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 32 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 126 granted patents across 32 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: A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hunter ranks #3,016 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 126 patents across 32 technology areas.

#3,016
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 14%
by Innovation Score (49.9/100): 17.3
avg claims per patent: -33%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R3016 · US Corporation #3,016 · 126 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 126 grants
TOP-DECILE #3,016/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Fair Isaac
CPC-FOCUS A01G · 32 areas
INNOV-PAR 49.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -33% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Fair Isaac Corporation (±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 49.9 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 16.7 pts (33%) Velocity 2.8 pts (6%) Breadth 20.0 pts (40%) Claim depth 10.4 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Cognizant Technology… · near

50
Dunlop Sports · near

50
Hunter Industries · this assignee

50
National Oilwell… · near

50
Semikron Elektronik… · near

50
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hunter's Innovation Score is 49.9/100 (top 14% 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 17.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.7 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 Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 32 CPC subclasses with 41.3% of grants classified under A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (18 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2023. By volume, Hunter sits between Fair Isaac Corporation and MX Technologies, Inc..

Hunter's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hunter Industries, Inc. moved from 46 to 19 grants (0.41x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,858. See the growth leaderboard.

Fair Isaac

126
Fyusion

126
Goodrich Actuatio…

126
Hisense Electric

126
Pilot

126
Keurig Green Moun…

126
L3harris

126
MX

126
Hunter Industries ◀

126

What this shows Hunter holds 126 patents at rank #3,015, 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 #3,015 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A01G (Horticulture)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hunter, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A01G (Horticulture), Hunter ranks #7 of 635 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (50 here).

Semikron Elektronik GMBH & Co. KG 50 Cognizant Technology Solutions India PVT. Ltd. 50 Dunlop Sports Co., Ltd. 50 National Oilwell Varco Norway AS 50

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (17.3 here).

WestRock Packaging Systems, LLC 17.3 avg Persimmon Technologies Corporation 17.3 avg ZF CV Systems Europe BV 17.3 avg Technische Universiteit Delft 17.3 avg

Hunter's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

50 Top 14% higher than 86% 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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Hunter Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	13	10.3%
2016	13	10.3%
2017	14	11.1%
2018	12	9.5%
2019	18	14.3%
2020	15	11.9%
2021	13	10.3%
2022	8	6.3%
2023	2	1.6%
2024	9	7.1%
2025partial year	9	7.1%

Which technologies does Hunter Industries, Inc. patent most?

A01G - HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering 52

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 36

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 20

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 18

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 16

F21W - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO Uses OR Applications OF Lighting Devices OR Systems 16

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 14

Y02B - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Buildings, e.g. Housing, House Appliances OR Related End-user Applications 12

F21S - Non-portable Lighting DEVICES; Systems THEREOF; Vehicle Lighting Devices Specially Adapted FOR Vehicle Exteriors 12

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 11

F21Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses F21k, F21l, F21s and F21v, Relating TO THE Form OR THE Kind OF THE Light Sources OR OF THE Colour OF THE Light Emitted 10

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 9

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 7

F16H - Gearing 6

A62C - Fire-fighting 5

Top 15 of 32 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 Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hunter Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is A01G (HORTICULTURE; Cultivation OF Vegetables, Flowers, Rice, Fruit, Vines, Hops OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; Watering), 41.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A01G
Ranked #3,016 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hunter Industries, Inc. against Fair Isaac Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 49.9/100 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.

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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

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