Where does Hyndai Motor Company rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hyndai Motor Company ranks #35,785 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 Hyndai Motor Company hold?

Hyndai Motor Company holds 7 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2020, spanning 15 technology areas.

What is Hyndai Motor Company's Innovation Score?

Hyndai Motor Company has an Innovation Score of 27.5 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%).

What technology areas does Hyndai Motor Company focus on?

Hyndai Motor Company's top technology area is F16H (Gearing) with 3 patents, ranking #569 of 1,603 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 15 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hyndai Motor Company's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hyndai Motor Company's recent grant velocity is -60% 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 Hyndai Motor Company's patents?

Hyndai Motor Company's patents average 11.0 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 Hyndai Motor Company 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 Foreign Corporation

Hyndai Motor Company

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 7 granted patents across 15 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2020. 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: F16H (Gearing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hyndai ranks #35,785 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 7 patents across 15 technology areas.

#35,785
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 24th percentile
by Innovation Score (27.5/100): 11.0
avg claims per patent: -60%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R35785 · Foreign Corporation #35,785 · 7 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 7 grants
MID-PACK #35,785/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hydrofarm
CPC-FOCUS F16H · 15 areas
INNOV-THIN 27.5/100
CLAIMS-PAR 11.0 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -60% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hydrofarm, 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 Hyndai’s 27.5 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 7.2 pts (26%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 13.7 pts (50%) Claim depth 6.6 pts (24%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hyndai Motor · this assignee

27
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hyndai's Innovation Score is 27.5/100 (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 Hyndai?

Each dot is one of Hyndai’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). Hyndai’s own 11.0 claims/patent is at or below the 12.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hyndai's grants concentrate

Hyndai Motor Company is a focused PatentsView assignee: 15 CPC subclasses with 42.9% of grants classified under F16H (Gearing). Peak complete grant year is 2018 (2 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hyndai sits between HydroNovation, Inc. and I2X GMBH.

Hydronovation

7
Hydrofarm

7
Hydrovaze

7
Hyduro

7
Hypower Microelec…

7
Hyundai Pharm

7
I-tech Machine To…

7
I2X

7
Hyndai Motor ◀

7

What this shows Hyndai holds 7 patents at rank #35,778, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hyndai

By rank, the assignees closest to #35,778 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in F16H (Gearing)

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

Hyndai's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

27 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 · 2016–2020

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hyndai Motor Company patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	14.3%
2017	1	14.3%
2018	2	28.6%
2019	1	14.3%
2020	2	28.6%

Which technologies does Hyndai Motor Company patent most?

F16H - Gearing 3

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 2

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 2

F16F - SPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; Means FOR Damping Vibration 1

B29K - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses B29b, B29c OR B29d, Relating TO Moulding Materials OR TO Materials FOR ; Moulds, ; Reinforcements, Fillers OR Preformed Parts, e.g. Inserts 1

B29C - Shaping OR Joining OF PLASTICS; Shaping OF Material IN A Plastic State, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; After-treatment OF THE Shaped Products, e.g. Repairing 1

C23F - Non-mechanical Removal OF Metallic Material From Surface ; Inhibiting Corrosion OF Metallic Material OR Incrustation IN GENERAL; Multi-step Processes FOR Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material Involving AT Least ONE Process Provided FOR IN Class C23 AND AT Least ONE Process Covered BY Subclass C21d 1

G01R - Measuring Electric VARIABLES; Measuring Magnetic Variables 1

G01M - Testing Static OR Dynamic Balance OF Machines OR STRUCTURES; Testing OF Structures OR Apparatus, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G01D - Measuring NOT Specially Adapted FOR A Specific VARIABLE; Arrangements FOR Measuring TWO OR More Variables NOT Covered IN A Single Other SUBCLASS; Tariff Metering APPARATUS; Measuring OR Testing NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

G05D - Systems FOR Controlling OR Regulating Non-electric Variables 1

H02M - Apparatus FOR Conversion Between AC AND AC, Between AC AND DC, OR Between DC AND DC, AND FOR USE With Mains OR Similar Power Supply SYSTEMS; Conversion OF DC OR AC Input Power Into Surge Output POWER; Control OR Regulation Thereof 1

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 1

H02J - Circuit Arrangements OR Systems FOR Supplying OR Distributing Electric POWER; Systems FOR Storing Electric Energy 1

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 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

Hyndai Motor Company's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hyndai Motor Company's lead technology class is F16H (Gearing), 42.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore F16H
Ranked #35,785 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hyndai Motor Company against HydroNovation, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 27.5/100 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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