Where does Hydra Management LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydra Management LLC ranks #31,967 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 Management LLC hold?

Hydra Management LLC holds 8 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2019, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Hydra Management LLC's Innovation Score?

Hydra Management LLC has an Innovation Score of 27.6 out of 100 (24th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hydra Management LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydra Management LLC's recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Management LLC's patents?

Hydra Management LLC's patents average 10.5 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 Management LLC 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 Management LLC

Q: What technology areas does Hydra Management LLC focus on?

Hydra Management LLC's top technology area is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors) with 6 patents, ranking #177 of 598 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 8 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2019. 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: B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hydra ranks #31,967 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 8 patents across 15 technology areas.

#31,967
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.6/100): 10.5
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R31967 · US Corporation #31,967 · 8 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 8 grants
MID-PACK #31,967/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Human BioMolecular…
CPC-FOCUS B41J · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.6/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.5 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Human BioMolecular Research Institute (±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’s 27.6 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 7.6 pts (28%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (50%) Claim depth 6.3 pts (23%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hydra Management · this assignee

28
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydra's Innovation Score is 27.6/100 (24th 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 Hydra?

Each dot is one of Hydra’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’s own 10.5 claims/patent is at or below the 10.6 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hydra's grants concentrate

Hydra Management LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 75% of grants classified under B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors). Peak complete grant year is 2019 (6 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2018. By volume, Hydra sits between Human BioMolecular Research Institute and Hyper Fryer, LLC.

Human Biomolecula…

8
Huntar

8
Hupa International

8
Hytech Power

8
Hygenic Intangibl…

8
Hyoseong Electric

8
Hypevr

8
Hyper Fryer

8
Hydra Management ◀

8

What this shows Hydra holds 8 patents at rank #31,968, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydra

By rank, the assignees closest to #31,968 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B41J (Typewriters)

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

Hydra's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

28 24th percentile higher than 24% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2019

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hydra Management LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	2	25.0%
2019	6	75.0%

Which technologies does Hydra Management LLC patent most?

B41J - TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors 6

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 6

B42D - BOOKS; Book COVERS; Loose LEAVES; Printed Matter Characterised BY Identification OR Security FEATURES; Printed Matter OF Special Format OR Style NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Devices FOR USE Therewith AND NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Movable-strip Writing OR Reading Apparatus 5

B41M - Printing, Duplicating, Marking, OR Copying PROCESSES; Colour Printing, 5

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 3

G03G - ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; Magnetography 2

B41F - Printing Machines OR Presses 2

B41P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Printing, Lining Machines, Typewriters, AND TO Stamps 2

C09D - Coating Compositions, e.g. Paints, Varnishes OR LACQUERS; Filling PASTES; Chemical Paint OR INK REMOVERS; INKS; Correcting FLUIDS; WOODSTAINS; Pastes OR Solids FOR Colouring OR PRINTING; USE OF Materials Therefor 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

G09C - Ciphering OR Deciphering Apparatus FOR Cryptographic OR Other Purposes Involving THE Need FOR Secrecy 1

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 1

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 1

Top 15 of 15 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 Management LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydra Management LLC's lead technology class is B41J (TYPEWRITERS; Selective Printing Mechanisms, i.e. Mechanisms Printing Otherwise Than From A FORME; Correction OF Typographical Errors), 75% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B41J
Ranked #31,967 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydra Management LLC against Human BioMolecular Research Institute, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.6/100 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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