Where does Hydra-electric Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydra-electric Company ranks #19,878 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 Hydra-electric Company hold?

Hydra-electric Company holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2023, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is Hydra-electric Company's Innovation Score?

Hydra-electric Company has an Innovation Score of 40.9 out of 100 (top 34% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hydra-electric Company focus on?

Hydra-electric Company's top technology area is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices) with 11 patents, ranking #127 of 1,006 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hydra-electric Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydra-electric Company's recent grant velocity is +80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hydra-electric Company's patents?

Hydra-electric Company's patents average 20.1 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 Hydra-electric Company 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

Hydra-electric Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2023. 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: H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hydra-electric ranks #19,878 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 13 technology areas.

#19,878
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 34%
by Innovation Score (40.9/100): 20.1
avg claims per patent: +80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19878 · US Corporation #19,878 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,878/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou MPS…
CPC-FOCUS H01H · 13 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.9/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou MPS Semiconductor Technology, 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 Hydra-electric’s 40.9 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 9.4 pts (23%) Velocity 6.7 pts (16%) Breadth 12.7 pts (31%) Claim depth 12.1 pts (30%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hydra-electric · this assignee

41
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydra-electric's Innovation Score is 40.9/100 (top 34% 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 Hydra-electric?

Each dot is one of Hydra-electric’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). Hydra-electric’s own 20.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hydra-electric's grants concentrate

Hydra-electric Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hydra-electric sits between Hoffmann Neopac AG and Hanking Electronics, Ltd..

Hydra-electric's three-year grant acceleration

Hydra-electric Company shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Hoffmann Neopac

14
Horiba Jobin Yvon…

14
Howmet

14
Huaneng Clean Ene…

14
Hznp

14
Hangzhou MPS Semi…

14
Hangzhou Silicon-…

14
Hanking

14
Hydra-electric ◀

14

What this shows Hydra-electric holds 14 patents at rank #19,855, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydra-electric

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,855 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H01H (Electric Switches)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hydra-electric's primary technology class.

Hydra-electric's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

41 Top 34% higher than 66% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hydra-electric Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2018	3	21.4%
2019	1	7.1%
2020	4	28.6%
2022	4	28.6%
2023	1	7.1%

Which technologies does Hydra-electric Company patent most?

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 11

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 5

G05B - Control OR Regulating Systems IN GENERAL; Functional Elements OF Such SYSTEMS; Monitoring OR Testing Arrangements FOR Such Systems OR Elements 3

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 3

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 3

H01B - CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Conductive, Insulating OR Dielectric Properties 2

H01R - Electrically-conductive CONNECTIONS; Structural Associations OF A Plurality OF Mutually-insulated Electrical Connecting ELEMENTS; Coupling DEVICES; Current Collectors 2

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 2

H03K - Pulse Technique 2

G01L - Measuring Force, Stress, Torque, Work, Mechanical Power, Mechanical Efficiency, OR Fluid Pressure 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

Top 13 of 13 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

Hydra-electric Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydra-electric Company's lead technology class is H01H (Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H01H
Ranked #19,878 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydra-electric Company against Hoffmann Neopac AG, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.9/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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