Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 81 granted patents across 0 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.
The verdict
According to USPTO PatentsView, Hydrangea ranks #4,384 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 81 patents across 0 technology areas.
- #4,384
- of 49,997 US assignees by volume
- 6th percentile
- by Innovation Score (19.2/100)
- 1.0
- avg claims per patent
- -5%
- grant velocity, last 5 yrs
USPTO PatentsView assignee plate
Corpus R4384 · Foreign Corporation #4,384 · 81 grants
GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-UNK · INNOV-LOW · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-FLAT · BOOK-RICH
- GRANTS-SMALL 81 grants
- TOP-DECILE #4,384/49,997
- PHOTO-FINISH Eagle Harbor
- CPC-UNK CPC blank
- INNOV-LOW 19.2/100
- CLAIMS-SPARSE 1.0 claims/avg
- TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
- VEL-FLAT -5% vel
- BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields
Nearest grant-volume peer: Eagle Harbor Technologies, 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.
How Hydrangea’s 19.2 Innovation Score adds up
The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.
Innovation-score neighbourhood around Hydrangea
Lowest and highest poles plus nearest Innovation Score peers, not a full corpus board reprint.
- Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
Qualcomm Incorporated · highest
85 score
- AO Ether Optronics… · near 19
AO Ether Optronics… · near
19 score
- Hydrangea Breeders… · this assignee 19
Hydrangea Breeders… · this assignee
19 score
- Kolster Holding B V · near 19
Kolster Holding B V · near
19 score
- Performance Systematix · near 19
Performance Systematix · near
19 score
- HK Marketing LC · near 19
HK Marketing LC · near
19 score
- 3D Lighting… · lowest 7
3D Lighting… · lowest
7 score
What this shows Hydrangea's Innovation Score is 19.2/100 (6th 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 Hydrangea?
Each dot is one of Hydrangea’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). Hydrangea’s own 1.0 claims/patent is at or below the 14.2 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.
Where Hydrangea's grants concentrate
Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 0 CPC subclasses . Peak complete grant year is 2020 (15 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2022. By volume, Hydrangea sits between Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc. and Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC.
Hydrangea's three-year grant acceleration
From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V. moved from 34 to 17 grants (0.50x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.
Who files at Hydrangea's volume?
Granted US patents 2015–2025 versus its nearest-ranked assignees by volume, this company marked ◀
- Eagle Harbor
Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc.
81 patents
- Friedrich-alexand…
FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG
81 patents
- Gyrus Medical
Gyrus Medical Limited
81 patents
- Griffin Technology
Griffin Technology, LLC
81 patents
- Hisense Mobile Co…
Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd.
81 patents
- Korrus
Korrus, Inc.
81 patents
- Musashi Engineeri…
Musashi Engineering, Inc.
81 patents
- Molten Metal Equi…
Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC
81 patents
- Hydrangea Breeder… ◀
Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
81 patents
What this shows Hydrangea holds 81 patents at rank #4,382, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.
Companies ranked near Hydrangea
By rank, the assignees closest to #4,382 in granted patent volume.
- Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc. #4,378 · 81 patents
- FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG #4,379 · 81 patents
- Gyrus Medical Limited #4,380 · 81 patents
- Griffin Technology, LLC #4,381 · 81 patents
- Hisense Mobile Communications Technology Co., Ltd. #4,383 · 81 patents
- Korrus, Inc. #4,384 · 81 patents
- Musashi Engineering, Inc. #4,385 · 81 patents
- Molten Metal Equipment Innovations, LLC #4,386 · 81 patents
Assignees with similar portfolio profiles
Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hydrangea, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).
Similar innovation score
Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (19 here).
Similar claim depth
Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (1.0 here).
Hydrangea's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee
Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)
19 6th percentile higher than 6% of 49,997 US assignees
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more US assignees. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025
Grants by year
Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.
View data table
| Year | Patents Granted | Share of Period |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 13 | 16.0% |
| 2016 | 10 | 12.3% |
| 2018 | 6 | 7.4% |
| 2019 | 12 | 14.8% |
| 2020 | 15 | 18.5% |
| 2021 | 7 | 8.6% |
| 2022 | 4 | 4.9% |
| 2024 | 13 | 16.0% |
| 2025partial year | 1 | 1.2% |
Data Source
USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025
What to do with this data
Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.
- Ranked #4,384 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
- Compare Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V. against Eagle Harbor Technologies, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
- Innovation Score of 19.2/100 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.
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.