Where does IHC Holland IE B.V. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), IHC Holland IE B.V. ranks #5,519 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 IHC Holland IE B.V. hold?

IHC Holland IE B.V. holds 62 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 40 technology areas.

What is IHC Holland IE B.V.'s Innovation Score?

IHC Holland IE B.V. has an Innovation Score of 48.0 out of 100 (top 17% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does IHC Holland IE B.V. focus on?

IHC Holland IE B.V.'s top technology area is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting) with 25 patents. Grants appear in 40 CPC subclasses total.

Is IHC Holland IE B.V.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

IHC Holland IE B.V.'s recent grant velocity is -49% 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 IHC Holland IE B.V.'s patents?

IHC Holland IE B.V.'s patents average 16.3 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 IHC Holland IE B.V. 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

IHC Holland IE B.V.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 62 granted patents across 40 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. 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: E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, IHC ranks #5,519 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 62 patents across 40 technology areas.

#5,519
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 17%
by Innovation Score (48.0/100): 16.3
avg claims per patent: -49%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5519 · Foreign Corporation #5,519 · 62 grants

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

GRANTS-SMALL 62 grants
UPPER-Q #5,519/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Groq
CPC-WIDE E02F · 40 areas
INNOV-PAR 48.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.3 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -49% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Groq, Inc. (±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
Dwango · near

48
IHC Holland IE B V · this assignee

48
Longyear TM · near

48
Pcms Holdings · near

48
Roche Innovation… · near

48
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows IHC's Innovation Score is 48.0/100 (top 17% 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 IHC's grants concentrate

IHC Holland IE B.V. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 40 CPC subclasses with 40.3% of grants classified under E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (13 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2024. By volume, IHC sits between Groq, Inc. and Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc..

IHC's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, IHC Holland IE B.V. moved from 26 to 6 grants (0.23x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Groq

62
HMD Global Oy

62
Hytto PTE

62
Hydril USA Distri…

62
Invacare

62
Imagine Communica…

62
Implus Footcare

62
Infinity Pharmace…

62
IHC Holland IE B V ◀

62

What this shows IHC holds 62 patents at rank #5,517, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near IHC

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,517 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in E02F (Dredging)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for IHC, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above).

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (48 here).

Pcms Holdings, Inc. 48 Dwango Co., Ltd. 48 Longyear TM, Inc. 48 Roche Innovation Center Copenhagen A/S 48

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (16.3 here).

Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC 16.3 avg American Air Liquide, Inc. 16.3 avg Avigilon Corporation 16.3 avg Carl Zeiss AG 16.3 avg

IHC's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

48 Top 17% higher than 83% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

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

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IHC Holland IE B.V. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.2%
2016	3	4.8%
2017	13	21.0%
2018	12	19.4%
2019	11	17.7%
2020	10	16.1%
2021	5	8.1%
2022	3	4.8%
2023	2	3.2%
2024	1	1.6%

Which technologies does IHC Holland IE B.V. patent most?

E02F - DREDGING; Soil-shifting 25

E02D - FOUNDATIONS; EXCAVATIONS; Embankments ; Underground OR Underwater Structures 20

B63B - Ships OR Other Waterborne VESSELS; Equipment FOR Shipping 15

E02B - Hydraulic Engineering 12

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

E21B - Earth OR Rock DRILLING; Obtaining OIL, GAS, Water, Soluble OR Meltable Materials OR A Slurry OF Minerals From Wells 7

E21C - Mining OR Quarrying 5

F16L - PIPES; Joints OR Fittings FOR PIPES; Supports FOR Pipes, Cables OR Protective TUBING; Means FOR Thermal Insulation IN General 4

B63H - Marine Propulsion OR Steering 4

Y02E - Reduction OF Greenhouse GAS [GHG] Emissions, Related TO Energy Generation, Transmission OR Distribution 4

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

Y02P - Climate Change Mitigation Technologies IN THE Production OR Processing OF Goods 3

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 3

F03D - Wind Motors 3

B66D - CAPSTANS; WINCHES; Tackles, e.g. Pulley BLOCKS; Hoists 3

Top 15 of 40 technology areas

Where it ranks

Overall rank by patents

#5,519

of 49,997 tracked assignees

Innovation Score

48.0 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

IHC Holland IE B.V.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

IHC Holland IE B.V.'s lead technology class is E02F (DREDGING; Soil-shifting), 40.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore E02F
Ranked #5,519 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare IHC Holland IE B.V. against Groq, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 48.0/100 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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