Where does HZO, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HZO, Inc. ranks #8,045 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 HZO, Inc. hold?

HZO, Inc. holds 40 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2020, spanning 33 technology areas.

What is HZO, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

HZO, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 42.0 out of 100 (top 32% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

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

HZO, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -89% 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 HZO, Inc.'s patents?

HZO, Inc.'s patents average 14.8 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 HZO, 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

HZO, Inc.

Q: What technology areas does HZO, Inc. focus on?

HZO, Inc.'s top technology area is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components) with 17 patents, ranking #381 of 3,545 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 33 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 40 granted patents across 33 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2020. 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: H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HZO ranks #8,045 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 40 patents across 33 technology areas.

#8,045
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 32%
by Innovation Score (42.0/100): 14.8
avg claims per patent: -89%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R8045 · US Corporation #8,045 · 40 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 40 grants
UPPER-Q #8,045/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Green Cross
CPC-FOCUS H05K · 33 areas
INNOV-PAR 42.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.8 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -89% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Green Cross Corporation (±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 HZO’s 42.0 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 12.8 pts (30%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 20.3 pts (48%) Claim depth 8.9 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Alkermes Pharma… · near

42
Cereno Scientific AB · near

42
HotaluX · near

42
HZO · this assignee

42
Universite DE Liege · near

42
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HZO's Innovation Score is 42.0/100 (top 32% 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 HZO?

Each dot is one of HZO’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). HZO’s own 14.8 claims/patent is ABOVE the 14.2 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HZO's grants concentrate

HZO, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 33 CPC subclasses with 42.5% of grants classified under H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (12 grants) versus a trough of 4 in 2015. By volume, HZO sits between Green Cross Corporation and Innomotics GMBH.

Green Cross

40
Guangdong Midea W…

40
Hangzhou Zero Zer…

40
Heraeus Noblelight

40
Holland

40
Hunan University

40
IKA—Werke & KG

40
Innomotics

40
HZO ◀

40

What this shows HZO holds 40 patents at rank #8,043, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HZO

By rank, the assignees closest to #8,043 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H05K (Printed Circuits)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HZO, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H05K (Printed Circuits), HZO ranks #381 of 3,545 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (42 here).

HotaluX, Ltd. 42 Universite DE Liege 42 Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited 42 Cereno Scientific AB 42

HZO's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

42 Top 32% higher than 68% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2020

Grants by year

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

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HZO, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	4	10.0%
2016	10	25.0%
2017	12	30.0%
2018	5	12.5%
2019	5	12.5%
2020	4	10.0%

Which technologies does HZO, Inc. patent most?

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 17

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 13

H01L - Semiconductor Devices NOT Covered BY Class H10 10

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 9

C23C - Coating Metallic MATERIAL; Coating Material With Metallic MATERIAL; Surface Treatment OF Metallic Material BY Diffusion Into THE Surface, BY Chemical Conversion OR SUBSTITUTION; Coating BY Vacuum Evaporation, BY Sputtering, BY ION Implantation OR BY Chemical Vapour Deposition, IN General 7

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 5

H02H - Emergency Protective Circuit Arrangements 5

B24C - Abrasive OR Related Blasting With Particulate Material 3

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 2

H04M - Telephonic Communication 2

C09J - ADHESIVES; Non-mechanical Aspects OF Adhesive Processes IN GENERAL; Adhesive Processes NOT Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF Materials AS Adhesives 2

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 2

B29D - Producing Particular Articles From Plastics OR From Substances IN A Plastic State 2

B29B - Preparation OR Pretreatment OF THE Material TO BE SHAPED; Making Granules OR PREFORMS; Recovery OF Plastics OR Other Constituents OF Waste Material Containing Plastics 2

Top 15 of 33 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

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

HZO, Inc.'s lead technology class is H05K (Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components), 42.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H05K
Ranked #8,045 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HZO, Inc. against Green Cross Corporation, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 42.0/100 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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