Where does HAL Laboratory, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HAL Laboratory, Inc. ranks #12,959 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 HAL Laboratory, Inc. hold?

HAL Laboratory, Inc. holds 23 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 9 technology areas.

What is HAL Laboratory, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

HAL Laboratory, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 40.0 out of 100 (top 37% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HAL Laboratory, Inc. focus on?

HAL Laboratory, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 14 patents, ranking #1,002 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 9 CPC subclasses total.

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

HAL Laboratory, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -90% 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 HAL Laboratory, Inc.'s patents?

HAL Laboratory, Inc.'s patents average 19.5 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 HAL Laboratory, 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 Foreign Corporation

HAL Laboratory, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 23 granted patents across 9 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: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HAL ranks #12,959 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 23 patents across 9 technology areas.

#12,959
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 37%
by Innovation Score (40.0/100): 19.5
avg claims per patent: -90%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R12959 · Foreign Corporation #12,959 · 23 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 23 grants
MID-PACK #12,959/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Glam and Glits Nail…
CPC-NARROW H04N · 9 areas
INNOV-THIN 40.0/100
CLAIMS-RICH 19.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -90% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Glam and Glits Nail Design, 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 HAL’s 40.0 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 11.0 pts (28%) Velocity 6.7 pts (17%) Breadth 10.6 pts (27%) Claim depth 11.7 pts (29%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HAL Laboratory · this assignee

40
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HAL's Innovation Score is 40.0/100 (top 37% 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 HAL?

Each dot is one of HAL’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). HAL’s own 19.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 8.3 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HAL's grants concentrate

HAL Laboratory, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 9 CPC subclasses with 60.9% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (9 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, HAL sits between Glam and Glits Nail Design, Inc. and Hgst Technologies Santa Ana, Inc..

HAL's three-year grant acceleration

HAL Laboratory, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 1 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.

Glam and Glits Na…

23
Global Bioenergies

23
Green Hills Softw…

23
Guangzhou Songxia…

23
Hangzhou City Uni…

23
Harvatek

23
HFA

23
Hgst Santa Ana

23
HAL Laboratory ◀

23

What this shows HAL holds 23 patents at rank #12,956, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HAL

By rank, the assignees closest to #12,956 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

HAL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

40 Top 37% higher than 63% 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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HAL Laboratory, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	8	34.8%
2016	9	39.1%
2017	4	17.4%
2020	1	4.3%
2024	1	4.3%

Which technologies does HAL Laboratory, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 14

A63F - Card, Board, OR Roulette GAMES; Indoor Games Using Small Moving Playing BODIES; Video GAMES; Games NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 9

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 6

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 6

G09G - Arrangements OR Circuits FOR Control OF Indicating Devices Using Static Means TO Present Variable Information 2

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G07F - Coin-freed OR Like Apparatus 1

G06Q - Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory PURPOSES; Systems OR Methods Specially Adapted FOR Administrative, Commercial, Financial, Managerial OR Supervisory Purposes, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 9 of 9 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

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

HAL Laboratory, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 60.9% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #12,959 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HAL Laboratory, Inc. against Glam and Glits Nail Design, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 40.0/100 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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