Where does Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. ranks #966 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 Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. hold?

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. holds 454 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 105 technology areas.

What is Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s Innovation Score?

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. has an Innovation Score of 58.4 out of 100 (top 5% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. focus on?

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 221 patents, ranking #108 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 105 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s recent grant velocity is -41% 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 Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s patents?

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s patents average 14.5 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 Hanwha Techwin Co., 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 Foreign Corporation

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 454 granted patents across 105 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2025. 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, Hanwha ranks #966 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 454 patents across 105 technology areas.

#966
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 5%
by Innovation Score (58.4/100): 14.5
avg claims per patent: -41%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R966 · Foreign Corporation #966 · 454 grants

GRANTS-MID · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-WIDE · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MID 454 grants
TOP-DECILE #966/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Invensas
CPC-WIDE H04N · 105 areas
INNOV-PAR 58.4/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.5 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -41% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Invensas LLC (±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 Hanwha’s 58.4 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 21.1 pts (36%) Velocity 3.5 pts (6%) Breadth 25.0 pts (43%) Claim depth 8.7 pts (15%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Hanwha Techwin · this assignee

58
Owens Corning… · near

58
Bridgestone… · near

58
Oki Electric Industry · near

58
Under Armour · near

58
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hanwha's Innovation Score is 58.4/100 (top 5% 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 Hanwha?

Each dot is one of Hanwha’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). Hanwha’s own 14.5 claims/patent is ABOVE the 13.0 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

How Hanwha's grant cadence moved

Between 2020–2024, Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. received 167 grants versus 281 in 2015–2019 (-41% equal-window velocity, below median growth). Across complete PatentsView years, output peaked in 2016 at 82 grants and bottomed in 2024 at 8. Lead class H04N accounts for 48.7% of the portfolio across 105 subclasses. Volume neighbours: Sandvik Intellectual Property AB (#962) and Continental Automotive France (#970).

Hanwha's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. moved from 132 to 70 grants (0.53x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). Among 3,296 tracked assignees with ≥100 grants and ≥20 prior-period grants, that multiple ranks #2,619. See the growth leaderboard.

Sandvik Intellect…

458
ADP

457
Fisher Controls I…

456
Hella & Kgaa

456
Invensas

454
Murata Machinery

454
Hanwha Techwin ◀

454
Bombardier Recrea…

453
Continental Autom…

453

What this shows Hanwha holds 454 patents at rank #966, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hanwha

By rank, the assignees closest to #966 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hanwha, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), Hanwha ranks #108 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (58 here).

Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC 58 Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC 58 Under Armour, Inc. 58 Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd. 58

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (14.5 here).

Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy 14.5 avg K-tronics (SUZHOU) Technology Co., Ltd. 14.5 avg Hadasit Medical Research Services AND Development Ltd. 14.5 avg Lenzing Aktiengesellschaft 14.5 avg

Hanwha's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

58 Top 5% higher than 95% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2025

Grants by year

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

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Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	29	6.4%
2016	82	18.1%
2017	67	14.8%
2018	68	15.0%
2019	35	7.7%
2020	54	11.9%
2021	43	9.5%
2022	37	8.1%
2023	25	5.5%
2024	8	1.8%
2025partial year	6	1.3%

Which technologies does Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 221

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 106

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 78

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 69

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 53

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 38

G02B - Optical Elements, Systems OR Apparatus 23

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 20

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 19

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 11

F04D - Non-positive-displacement Pumps 11

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 11

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 10

C01B - Non-metallic ELEMENTS; Compounds THEREOF; ; Metalloids OR Compounds Thereof NOT Covered BY Subclass C01c 9

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 8

Top 15 of 105 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

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 48.7% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #966 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd. against Sandvik Intellectual Property AB, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 58.4/100 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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