Where does H. K. Designs Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), H. K. Designs Inc. ranks #15,325 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 H. K. Designs Inc. hold?

H. K. Designs Inc. holds 19 US utility patents granted between 2018 and 2023, spanning 2 technology areas.

What is H. K. Designs Inc.'s Innovation Score?

H. K. Designs Inc. has an Innovation Score of 21.8 out of 100 (9th 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 H. K. Designs Inc. focus on?

H. K. Designs Inc.'s top technology area is A44C (Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins) with 3 patents, ranking #50 of 186 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 2 CPC subclasses total.

Is H. K. Designs Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

H. K. Designs Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +71% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for H. K. Designs Inc.'s patents?

H. K. Designs Inc.'s patents average 3.3 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 H. K. Designs 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

H. K. Designs Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 19 granted patents across 2 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2018–2023. 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: A44C (Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, H. ranks #15,325 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 19 patents across 2 technology areas.

#15,325
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 9th percentile
by Innovation Score (21.8/100): 3.3
avg claims per patent: +71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R15325 · US Corporation #15,325 · 19 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-SPARSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 19 grants
MID-PACK #15,325/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Gordon*Howard…
CPC-NARROW A44C · 2 areas
INNOV-THIN 21.8/100
CLAIMS-SPARSE 3.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Gordon*Howard Associates, 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.

How H.’s 21.8 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 10.3 pts (47%) Velocity 4.4 pts (20%) Breadth 5.0 pts (23%) Claim depth 2.0 pts (9%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
H K Designs · this assignee

22
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows H.'s Innovation Score is 21.8/100 (9th 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 H.?

Each dot is one of H.’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). H.’s own 3.3 claims/patent is at or below the 11.3 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where H.'s grants concentrate

H. K. Designs Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 2 CPC subclasses with 15.8% of grants classified under A44C (Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins). Peak complete grant year is 2020 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2021. By volume, H. sits between Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc. and Harburg-freudenberger Maschinenbau GMBH.

H.'s three-year grant acceleration

H. K. Designs Inc. shows 6 grants in 2022–2024 against only 9 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.

Gordon*Howard Ass…

19
Greenwave Systems…

19
Guangxi University

19
Gulfstream

19
Hades-gaming

19
Hangzhou Dptech

19
Hangzhou Soliphar…

19
Harburg-freudenbe…

19
H K Designs ◀

19

What this shows H. holds 19 patents at rank #15,324, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near H

By rank, the assignees closest to #15,324 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A44C (Personal Adornments)

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

H.'s Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

22 9th percentile higher than 9% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2018–2023

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2018–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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H. K. Designs Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2018	4	21.1%
2019	3	15.8%
2020	5	26.3%
2021	1	5.3%
2022	5	26.3%
2023	1	5.3%

Which technologies does H. K. Designs Inc. patent most?

A44C - Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins 3

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 1

Top 2 of 2 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

H. K. Designs Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

H. K. Designs Inc.'s lead technology class is A44C (Personal Adornments, e.g. JEWELLERY; Coins), 15.8% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A44C
Ranked #15,325 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare H. K. Designs Inc. against Gordon*Howard Associates, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 21.8/100 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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