Where does Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership ranks #1,751 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 Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership hold?

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership holds 232 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 49 technology areas.

What is Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's Innovation Score?

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership has an Innovation Score of 59.1 out of 100 (top 4% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's recent grant velocity is -22% 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 Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's patents?

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's patents average 19.4 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 Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership 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

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership

Q: What technology areas does Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership focus on?

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's top technology area is 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 ) with 119 patents, ranking #38 of 1,448 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 49 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 232 granted patents across 49 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. Primary class: 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 Dashb).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hydro-gear ranks #1,751 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 232 patents across 49 technology areas.

#1,751
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (59.1/100): 19.4
avg claims per patent: -22%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R1751 · US Corporation #1,751 · 232 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DOWN · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 232 grants
TOP-DECILE #1,751/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Covestro
CPC-WIDE B60K · 49 areas
INNOV-PAR 59.1/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.4 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DOWN -22% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Covestro LLC (±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 Hydro-gear’s 59.1 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 18.8 pts (32%) Velocity 3.9 pts (7%) Breadth 24.7 pts (42%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
AMS · near

59
Board OF Supervisors… · near

59
DIC · near

59
Hydro-Gear Partnership · this assignee

59
Naver · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydro-gear's Innovation Score is 59.1/100 (top 4% 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 Hydro-gear?

Each dot is one of Hydro-gear’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). Hydro-gear’s own 19.4 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hydro-gear's grants concentrate

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership is a focused PatentsView assignee: 49 CPC subclasses with 51.3% of grants classified under 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 Dashb). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (33 grants) versus a trough of 12 in 2023. By volume, Hydro-gear sits between Sidel Participations S.A.S and Trustees of Tufts College.

Hydro-gear's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership moved from 79 to 46 grants (0.58x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,491. See the growth leaderboard.

Sidel Participati…

233
United States Gyp…

233
Covestro

232
ENI S P A

232
Medtronic Navigat…

232
OFS Fitel

232
Sling Media L L C

232
Trustees of Tufts…

232
Hydro-gear Partne… ◀

232

What this shows Hydro-Gear holds 232 patents at rank #1,751, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydro-Gear

By rank, the assignees closest to #1,751 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Hydro-Gear's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hydro-Gear, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B60K (Arrangement OR Mounting OF Propulsion Units OR OF Transmi…), Hydro-Gear ranks #38 of 1,448 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Board OF Supervisors OF Louisiana State University AND Agricultural AND Mechanical College 59 Naver Corporation 59 AMS AG 59 DIC Corporation 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.4 here).

Eagle Technology, LLC 19.4 avg Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 19.4 avg Innovative Technology Lab Co., Ltd. 19.4 avg TrueCar, Inc. 19.4 avg

Hydro-gear's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

59 Top 4% higher than 96% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	24	10.3%
2016	24	10.3%
2017	26	11.2%
2018	25	10.8%
2019	27	11.6%
2020	33	14.2%
2021	19	8.2%
2022	17	7.3%
2023	12	5.2%
2024	17	7.3%
2025partial year	8	3.4%

Which technologies does Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership patent most?

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 119

F16H - Gearing 113

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 80

B62D - Motor VEHICLES; Trailers 79

B60Y - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Aspects Cross-cutting Vehicle Technology 64

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 40

F15B - Systems Acting BY Means OF Fluids IN GENERAL; Fluid-pressure Actuators, e.g. SERVOMOTORS; Details OF Fluid-pressure Systems, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 39

B60L - Propulsion OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Supplying Electric Power FOR Auxiliary Equipment OF Electrically-propelled Vehicles ; Electrodynamic Brake Systems FOR Vehicles IN General ; Magnetic Suspension OR Levitation FOR VEHICLES; Monitoring Operating Variables OF Electrically-propelled Vehicl 39

F04B - Positive-displacement Machines FOR LIQUIDS; Pumps 37

F16D - Couplings FOR Transmitting ROTATION; CLUTCHES; Brakes 34

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 32

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 25

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 22

B60T - Vehicle Brake Control Systems OR Parts THEREOF; Brake Control Systems OR Parts Thereof, IN General ; Arrangement OF Braking Elements ON Vehicles IN GENERAL; Portable Devices FOR Preventing Unwanted Movement OF VEHICLES; Vehicle Modifications TO Facilitate Cooling OF Brakes 18

Y10S - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former Uspc Cross-reference ART Collections [XRACs] AND Digests 17

Top 15 of 49 technology areas

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Data Source

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What to do with this data

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership's lead technology class is 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 Dashb), 51.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B60K
Ranked #1,751 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydro-Gear Limited Partnership against Sidel Participations S.A.S, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 59.1/100 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

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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