Where does Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. ranks #5,680 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 Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. hold?

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2025, spanning 55 technology areas.

What is Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 58.8 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%).

What technology areas does Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. focus on?

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s top technology area is B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR) with 26 patents, ranking #4 of 107 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 55 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +85% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s patents?

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s patents average 19.1 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 Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. 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

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 55 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2025. 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: B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hyperloop ranks #5,680 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 55 technology areas.

#5,680
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 4%
by Innovation Score (58.8/100): 19.1
avg claims per patent: +85%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5680 · US Corporation #5,680 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,680/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou H3C
CPC-WIDE B61B · 55 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.8/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.1 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +85% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd (±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 Hyperloop’s 58.8 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 14.2 pts (24%) Velocity 8.1 pts (14%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 11.5 pts (20%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Ginkgo Bioworks · near

59
Milliken & · near

59
Hyperloop · this assignee

59
Shenzhen University · near

59
Upm-kymmene · near

59
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hyperloop's Innovation Score is 58.8/100 (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 Hyperloop?

Each dot is one of Hyperloop’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). Hyperloop’s own 19.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Hyperloop's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. received 37 grants versus 20 in 2015–2019 (+85% equal-window velocity, above median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2023 at 9 grants and bottomed in 2016 at 2. Lead class B61B accounts for 43.3% of the portfolio across 55 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd. (#5,673) and Ineos Europe AG (#5,681).

Hyperloop's three-year grant acceleration

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. shows 23 grants in 2022–2024 against only 19 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.

Hankook Tire & Te…

60
HBI Branded Appar…

60
Heliae Development

60
Hoist Fitness Sys…

60
Hangzhou H3C

60
Hyperfine Operati…

60
I-sens

60
Ineos Europe

60
Hyperloop ◀

60

What this shows Hyperloop holds 60 patents at rank #5,677, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hyperloop

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,677 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in B61B (Railway Systems)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hyperloop, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In B61B (Railway Systems), Hyperloop ranks #4 of 107 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (59 here).

Shenzhen University 59 Upm-kymmene Corporation 59 Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. 59 Milliken & Company 59

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (19.1 here).

Quanata, LLC 19.1 avg Esco Group LLC 19.1 avg Deutsche Post AG 19.1 avg Ofinno Technologies, LLC 19.1 avg

Hyperloop'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 · 2016–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	2	3.3%
2017	8	13.3%
2018	5	8.3%
2019	5	8.3%
2020	7	11.7%
2021	7	11.7%
2022	8	13.3%
2023	9	15.0%
2024	6	10.0%
2025partial year	3	5.0%

Which technologies does Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. patent most?

B61B - Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 26

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 23

Y02T - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies Related TO Transportation 18

B61C - LOCOMOTIVES; Motor Railcars 15

B61L - Guiding Railway TRAFFIC; Ensuring THE Safety OF Railway Traffic 13

E01B - Permanent WAY; Permanent-way TOOLS; Machines FOR Making Railways OF ALL Kinds 13

H01F - MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; Selection OF Materials FOR Their Magnetic Properties 11

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 11

B23K - Soldering OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; Cladding OR Plating BY Soldering OR WELDING; Cutting BY Applying Heat Locally, e.g. Flame CUTTING; Working BY Laser Beam 11

H02K - Dynamo-electric Machines 10

B65G - Transport OR Storage Devices, e.g. Conveyors FOR Loading OR Tipping, Shop Conveyor Systems OR Pneumatic Tube Conveyors 9

B23P - Metal-working NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Combined OPERATIONS; Universal Machine Tools 9

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 7

B66C - CRANES; Load-engaging Elements OR Devices FOR Cranes, Capstans, Winches, OR Tackles 7

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 6

Top 15 of 55 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

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hyperloop Technologies, Inc.'s lead technology class is B61B (Railway SYSTEMS; Equipment Therefor NOT Otherwise Provided FOR), 43.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore B61B
Ranked #5,680 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hyperloop Technologies, Inc. against Hankook Tire & Technology Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.8/100 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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