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

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hutchinson Industries, Inc. ranks #35,761 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 Hutchinson Industries, Inc. hold?

Hutchinson Industries, Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 7 technology areas.

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

Hutchinson Industries, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 26.1 out of 100 (19th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hutchinson Industries, Inc. focus on?

Hutchinson Industries, Inc.'s top technology area is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion) with 5 patents, ranking #77 of 463 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

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

Hutchinson Industries, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Hutchinson Industries, Inc.'s patents?

Hutchinson Industries, Inc.'s patents average 15.9 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 Hutchinson 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

Hutchinson Industries, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hutchinson ranks #35,761 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 7 technology areas.

#35,761
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 19th percentile
by Innovation Score (26.1/100): 15.9
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35761 · US Corporation #35,761 · 7 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,761/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hunan Lianke…
CPC-NARROW B60B · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 26.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hunan Lianke Technology 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 Hutchinson’s 26.1 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 7.2 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 9.4 pts (36%) Claim depth 9.5 pts (36%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hutchinson Industries · this assignee

26
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hutchinson's Innovation Score is 26.1/100 (19th 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 Hutchinson?

Each dot is one of Hutchinson’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). Hutchinson’s own 15.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hutchinson's grants concentrate

Hutchinson Industries, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2015. By volume, Hutchinson sits between Hunan Lianke Technology Co., Ltd and Hybrid Manufacturing Technologies Limited.

Hunan Lianke Tech…

7
Hunan University…

7
Hurricane Safety…

7
Husky Refrigerato…

7
Huuuge Global

7
Hya-scent

7
Hybrid Cannula

7
Hybrid Manufactur…

7
Hutchinson Indust… ◀

7

What this shows Hutchinson holds 7 patents at rank #35,763, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hutchinson

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,763 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60B (Vehicle Wheels)

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

Hutchinson's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

26 19th percentile higher than 19% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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Hutchinson Industries, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	1	14.3%
2018	1	14.3%
2019	3	42.9%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Hutchinson Industries, Inc. patent most?

B60B - Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion 5

B60C - Vehicle TYRES; Tyre INFLATION; Tyre CHANGING; Connecting Valves TO Inflatable Elastic Bodies IN GENERAL; Devices OR Arrangements Related TO Tyres 5

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

F41H - ARMOUR; Armoured TURRETS; Armoured OR Armed VEHICLES; Means OF Attack OR Defence, e.g. Camouflage, IN General 1

B60K - Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmissions IN VEHICLES; Arrangement OR Mounting OF Plural Diverse Prime-movers IN VEHICLES; Auxiliary Drives FOR VEHICLES; Instrumentation OR Dashboards FOR VEHICLES; Arrangements IN Connection With Cooling, AIR Intake, GAS Exhaust OR Fuel Supply 1

B65D - Containers FOR Storage OR Transport OF Articles OR Materials, e.g. Bags, Barrels, Bottles, Boxes, Cans, Cartons, Crates, Drums, Jars, Tanks, Hoppers, Forwarding CONTAINERS; Accessories, Closures, OR Fittings THEREFOR; Packaging ELEMENTS; Packages 1

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 1

Top 7 of 7 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

Hutchinson Industries, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hutchinson Industries, Inc.'s lead technology class is B60B (Vehicle Wheels ; CASTORS; Axles FOR Wheels OR CASTORS; Increasing Wheel Adhesion), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60B
Ranked #35,761 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hutchinson Industries, Inc. against Hunan Lianke Technology Co., Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 26.1/100 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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