Where does Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC ranks #26,506 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 Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC hold?

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC holds 10 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's Innovation Score?

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC has an Innovation Score of 40.3 out of 100 (top 36% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's recent grant velocity is +800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's patents?

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's patents average 29.0 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 Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, 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

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC

Q: What technology areas does Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC focus on?

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's top technology area is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes) with 10 patents, ranking #116 of 504 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 10 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hydrocarbon ranks #26,506 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 10 patents across 6 technology areas.

#26,506
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 36%
by Innovation Score (40.3/100): 29.0
avg claims per patent: +800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R26506 · US Corporation #26,506 · 10 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 10 grants
MID-PACK #26,506/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hackensack Universit…
CPC-NARROW C10G · 6 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.3/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 29.0 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hackensack University Medical Center (±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 Hydrocarbon’s 40.3 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 8.3 pts (21%) Velocity 8.3 pts (21%) Breadth 8.7 pts (22%) Claim depth 15.0 pts (37%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hydrocarbon… · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hydrocarbon's Innovation Score is 40.3/100 (top 36% 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 Hydrocarbon?

Each dot is one of Hydrocarbon’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). Hydrocarbon’s own 29.0 claims/patent is ABOVE the 12.4 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hydrocarbon's grants concentrate

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (3 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2018. By volume, Hydrocarbon sits between Huyabio International, LLC and Hagleitner Hygiene International GmbH.

Hydrocarbon's three-year grant acceleration

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 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.

Huyabio Internati…

10
Hydac Accessories

10
Hyde Tools

10
Hydrite Chemical

10
Hackensack Univer…

10
Haebora

10
Haechitech

10
Hagleitner Hygien…

10
Hydrocarbon Techn… ◀

10

What this shows Hydrocarbon holds 10 patents at rank #26,461, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hydrocarbon

By rank, the assignees closest to #26,461 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS)

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

Hydrocarbon's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 36% higher than 64% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

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

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Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	1	10.0%
2020	1	10.0%
2021	3	30.0%
2022	3	30.0%
2023	2	20.0%

Which technologies does Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC patent most?

C10G - Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GASES; Refining Mixtures Mainly Consisting OF HYDROCARBONS; Reforming OF NAPHTHA; Mineral Waxes 10

B01J - Chemical OR Physical Processes, e.g. Catalysis OR Colloid CHEMISTRY; Their Relevant Apparatus 8

B01F - Mixing, e.g. Dissolving, Emulsifying OR Dispersing 2

B01D - Separation 1

C07C - Acyclic OR Carbocyclic Compounds 1

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 1

Top 6 of 6 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

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC's lead technology class is C10G (Cracking Hydrocarbon OILS; Production OF Liquid Hydrocarbon Mixtures, e.g. BY Destructive Hydrogenation, Oligomerisation, Polymerisation ; Recovery OF Hydrocarbon Oils From Oil-shale, Oil-sand, OR GAS), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C10G
Ranked #26,506 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hydrocarbon Technology & Innovation, LLC against Huyabio International, LLC, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.3/100 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

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