Where does Hydra-Flex Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydra-Flex Inc. ranks #35,770 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-Flex Inc. hold?

Hydra-Flex Inc. holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2021, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is Hydra-Flex Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hydra-Flex Inc. has an Innovation Score of 27.2 out of 100 (23rd 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 Hydra-Flex Inc. focus on?

Hydra-Flex Inc.'s top technology area is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hydra-Flex Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydra-Flex Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -83% 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 Hydra-Flex Inc.'s patents?

Hydra-Flex Inc.'s patents average 15.7 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-Flex 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

Hydra-Flex Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 9 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2021. 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: B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hydra-flex ranks #35,770 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 9 technology areas.

#35,770
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 23rd percentile
by Innovation Score (27.2/100): 15.7
avg claims per patent: -83%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35770 · US Corporation #35,770 · 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 #35,770/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hya-Scent
CPC-NARROW B05B · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.2/100
CLAIMS-RICH 15.7 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -83% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hya-Scent, 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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hydra-Flex · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydra-flex's Innovation Score is 27.2/100 (23rd 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.

Where Hydra-flex's grants concentrate

Hydra-Flex Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2017. By volume, Hydra-flex sits between Hya-Scent, Inc. and Hydro-Thermal Corporation.

Hya-scent

7
Hybrid Cannula

7
Hybrid Manufactur…

7
Hybrid Medical

7
Hydra-stop

7
Hydro Dynamics

7
Hydro-aire

7
Hydro-thermal

7
Hydra-flex ◀

7

What this shows Hydra-Flex holds 7 patents at rank #35,769, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydra-Flex

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,769 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B05B (Spraying Apparatus)

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

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

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

27 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2021

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-Flex Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	4	57.1%
2017	1	14.3%
2019	1	14.3%
2021	1	14.3%

Which technologies does Hydra-Flex Inc. patent most?

B05B - Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles 3

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 3

B08B - Cleaning IN GENERAL; Prevention OF Fouling IN General 2

B60S - Servicing, Cleaning, Repairing, Supporting, Lifting, OR Manoeuvring OF Vehicles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 2

F16K - VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; Devices FOR Venting OR Aerating 2

A47L - Domestic Washing OR Cleaning ; Suction Cleaners IN General 1

G01G - Weighing 1

G01F - Measuring Volume, Volume Flow, Mass Flow OR Liquid LEVEL; Metering BY Volume 1

Top 9 of 9 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#35,770

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

27.2 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

Hydra-Flex Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydra-Flex Inc.'s lead technology class is B05B (Spraying APPARATUS; Atomising APPARATUS; Nozzles), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B05B
Ranked #35,770 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydra-Flex Inc. against Hya-Scent, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.2/100 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.