Where does Hanking Electronics, Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanking Electronics, Ltd. ranks #19,851 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 Hanking Electronics, Ltd. hold?

Hanking Electronics, Ltd. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2016 and 2018, spanning 8 technology areas.

What is Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hanking Electronics, Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 29.5 out of 100 (31st percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -100% 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 Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s patents?

Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s patents average 16.9 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 Hanking Electronics, Ltd. 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

Hanking Electronics, Ltd.

Q: What technology areas does Hanking Electronics, Ltd. focus on?

Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s top technology area is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry) with 10 patents, ranking #291 of 1,814 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 8 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 8 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2016–2018. 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: G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hanking ranks #19,851 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 8 technology areas.

#19,851
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 31st percentile
by Innovation Score (29.5/100): 16.9
avg claims per patent: -100%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R19851 · US Corporation #19,851 · 14 grants

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

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #19,851/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Hangzhou MPS…
CPC-NARROW G01C · 8 areas
INNOV-THIN 29.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 16.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -100% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Hangzhou MPS Semiconductor Technology, Ltd. (±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 Hanking’s 29.5 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 9.4 pts (32%) Velocity 0.0 pts (0%) Breadth 10.0 pts (34%) Claim depth 10.2 pts (34%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Topivert Pharma · near

30
Blue Energy · near

30
Leeno Industrial · near

30
Hanking · this assignee

30
Smith Optics · near

30
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanking's Innovation Score is 29.5/100 (31st 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 Hanking?

Each dot is one of Hanking’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). Hanking’s own 16.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 16.1 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where Hanking's grants concentrate

Hanking Electronics, Ltd. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 8 CPC subclasses with 71.4% of grants classified under G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (8 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2016. By volume, Hanking sits between Hydra-electric Company and Headwaters, Inc..

Hydra-electric

14
Hznp

14
Hangzhou MPS Semi…

14
Hangzhou Silicon-…

14
Hasso-plattner In…

14
Hauwei

14
Havis

14
Headwaters

14
Hanking ◀

14

What this shows Hanking holds 14 patents at rank #19,859, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hanking

By rank, the assignees closest to #19,859 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01C (Measuring Distances)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hanking, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In G01C (Measuring Distances), Hanking ranks #291 of 1,814 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (30 here).

Leeno Industrial Inc. 30 Blue Energy Co., Ltd. 30 Smith Optics, Inc. 30 Topivert Pharma Limited 30

Hanking's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

30 31st percentile higher than 31% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2016–2018

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2016–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Hanking Electronics, Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2016	1	7.1%
2017	8	57.1%
2018	5	35.7%

Which technologies does Hanking Electronics, Ltd. patent most?

G01C - Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry 10

G01P - Measuring Linear OR Angular Speed, Acceleration, Deceleration, OR SHOCK; Indicating Presence, Absence, OR Direction, OF Movement 5

B81C - Processes OR Apparatus Specially Adapted FOR THE Manufacture OR Treatment OF Microstructural Devices OR Systems 3

B81B - Microstructural Devices OR Systems, e.g. Micromechanical Devices 2

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 1

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 1

H01H - Electric SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; Emergency Protective Devices 1

Top 8 of 8 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

Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hanking Electronics, Ltd.'s lead technology class is G01C (Measuring Distances, Levels OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; Gyroscopic INSTRUMENTS; Photogrammetry OR Videogrammetry), 71.4% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01C
Ranked #19,851 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanking Electronics, Ltd. against Hydra-electric Company, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 29.5/100 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

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