Where does HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH ranks #47,565 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 HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH hold?

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH holds 5 US utility patents granted between 2021 and 2022, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's Innovation Score?

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH has an Innovation Score of 40.5 out of 100 (top 35% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Insufficient historical data is available to calculate a velocity trend for HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH.

What does claim depth mean for HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's patents?

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's patents average 18.4 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 HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH 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

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH

Q: What technology areas does HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH focus on?

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's top technology area is 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) with 3 patents. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 5 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2021–2022. 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: 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 Evap).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Höganäs ranks #47,565 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 5 patents across 14 technology areas.

#47,565
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 35%
by Innovation Score (40.5/100): 18.4
avg claims per patent

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R47565 · Foreign Corporation #47,565 · 5 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · BOTTOM-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · SPAN-YRS · BOOK-RICH

GRANTS-MICRO 5 grants
BOTTOM-DECILE #47,565/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hünnebeck
CPC-FOCUS C23C · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 40.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 18.4 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
SPAN-YRS 2021–2022 · 2y
BOOK-RICH 9/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hünnebeck GmbH (±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.

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HÖGANÄS Germany · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Höganäs's Innovation Score is 40.5/100 (top 35% 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.

Where Höganäs's grants concentrate

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 60% of grants classified under 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 Evap). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (3 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2021. By volume, Höganäs sits between HyperX Logic, Inc. and I.P Solutions, Ltd.

Höganäs's three-year grant acceleration

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH shows 3 grants in 2022–2024 against only 2 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.

Hyperx Logic

5
Hyperform

5
Hyperion Catalysi…

5
Hyupjinconnector

5
Hünnebeck

5
Hüttlin

5
I-MC

5
I P Solutions

5
HÖGANÄS Germany ◀

5

What this shows HÖGANÄS holds 5 patents at rank #47,569, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HÖGANÄS

By rank, the assignees closest to #47,569 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in C23C (Coating Metallic Material)

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

Höganäs's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 35% higher than 65% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2021–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2021–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2021	2	40.0%
2022	3	60.0%

Which technologies does HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH patent most?

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 3

C22C - Alloys 3

B22F - Working Metallic POWDER; Manufacture OF Articles From Metallic POWDER; Making Metallic Powder ; Apparatus OR Devices Specially Adapted FOR Metallic Powder 3

C01P - Indexing Scheme Relating TO Structural AND Physical Aspects OF Solid Inorganic Compounds 2

C01G - Compounds Containing Metals NOT Covered BY Subclasses C01d OR C01f 2

F05D - Indexing Scheme FOR Aspects Relating TO Non-positive-displacement Machines OR Engines, Gas-turbines OR Jet-propulsion Plants 1

C04B - Lime, MAGNESIA; SLAG; CEMENTS; Compositions Thereof, e.g. Mortars, Concrete OR Like Building MATERIALS; Artificial Stone ; Ceramics ; REFRACTORIES; Treatment OF Natural Stone 1

B05D - Processes FOR Applying Fluent Materials TO Surfaces, IN General 1

F23R - Generating Combustion Products OF High Pressure OR High Velocity, e.g. Gas-turbine Combustion Chambers 1

F01D - Non-positive Displacement Machines OR Engines, e.g. Steam Turbines 1

C22B - Production AND Refining OF Metals ; Pretreatment OF RAW Materials 1

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

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 1

Top 14 of 14 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#47,565

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

40.5 out of 100

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

How is Innovation Score calculated?

What to do with this data

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH's lead technology class is 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 Evap), 60% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore C23C
Ranked #47,565 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HÖGANÄS Germany GMBH against HyperX Logic, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.5/100 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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