Where does Hardware Resources, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Hardware Resources, Inc. ranks #4,195 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 Hardware Resources, Inc. hold?

Hardware Resources, Inc. holds 85 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is Hardware Resources, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Hardware Resources, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 39.1 out of 100 (top 39% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Hardware Resources, Inc. focus on?

Hardware Resources, Inc.'s top technology area is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture) with 30 patents, ranking #21 of 990 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is Hardware Resources, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Hardware Resources, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -71% 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 Hardware Resources, Inc.'s patents?

Hardware Resources, Inc.'s patents average 8.9 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 Hardware Resources, 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

Hardware Resources, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 85 granted patents across 14 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: A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Hardware ranks #4,195 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 85 patents across 14 technology areas.

#4,195
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 39%
by Innovation Score (39.1/100): 8.9
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R4195 · US Corporation #4,195 · 85 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 85 grants
TOP-DECILE #4,195/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Digitalglobe
CPC-FOCUS A47B · 14 areas
INNOV-THIN 39.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 8.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Digitalglobe 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 Hardware’s 39.1 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 15.4 pts (39%) Velocity 5.1 pts (13%) Breadth 13.2 pts (34%) Claim depth 5.3 pts (14%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Shutterstock · near

39
Apical · near

39
Hardware Resources · this assignee

39
Infinitus (CHINA) · near

39
Lifeline Scientific · near

39
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Hardware's Innovation Score is 39.1/100 (top 39% 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 Hardware?

Each dot is one of Hardware’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). Hardware’s own 8.9 claims/patent is at or below the 13.7 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where Hardware's grants concentrate

Hardware Resources, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 35.3% of grants classified under A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture). Peak complete grant year is 2017 (19 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2024. By volume, Hardware sits between Digitalglobe Inc and Holly Hunt Enterprises, Inc..

Hardware's three-year grant acceleration

Hardware Resources, Inc. shows 10 grants in 2022–2024 against only 13 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.

Digitalglobe

85
Flint Hills Scien…

85
Genmab A/S

85
Given Imaging

85
Hasco Vision Tech…

85
HER Majesty THE Q…

85
Hexion

85
Holly Hunt Enterp…

85
Hardware Resources ◀

85

What this shows Hardware holds 85 patents at rank #4,195, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Hardware

By rank, the assignees closest to #4,195 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A47B (Tables)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for Hardware, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A47B (Tables), Hardware ranks #21 of 990 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (39 here).

Apical Limited 39 Infinitus (CHINA) Company Ltd. 39 Lifeline Scientific, Inc. 39 Shutterstock, Inc. 39

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (8.9 here).

Andis Company 8.9 avg Seiren Co., Ltd. 8.9 avg Unisantis Electronics Singapore PTE. Ltd. 8.9 avg Nabtesco Corporation 8.9 avg

Hardware's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

39 Top 39% higher than 61% 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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Hardware Resources, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	15	17.6%
2016	7	8.2%
2017	19	22.4%
2018	16	18.8%
2019	5	5.9%
2020	5	5.9%
2021	3	3.5%
2022	5	5.9%
2023	3	3.5%
2024	2	2.4%
2025partial year	5	5.9%

Which technologies does Hardware Resources, Inc. patent most?

A47B - TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture 30

E05D - Hinges OR Suspension Devices FOR Doors, Windows OR Wings 11

E05Y - Indexing Scheme Associated With Subclasses E05d AND E05f, Relating TO Construction Elements, Electric Control, Power Supply, Power Signal OR Transmission, User Interfaces, Mounting OR Coupling, Details, Accessories, Auxiliary Operations NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Application Thereof 10

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 8

E05F - Devices FOR Moving Wings Into Open OR Closed POSITION; Checks FOR WINGS; Wing Fittings NOT Otherwise Provided FOR, Concerned With THE Functioning OF THE Wing 8

F16B - Devices FOR Fastening OR Securing Constructional Elements OR Machine Parts Together, e.g. Nails, Bolts, Circlips, Clamps, Clips OR WEDGES; Joints OR Jointing 3

A47F - Special Furniture, Fittings, OR Accessories FOR Shops, Storehouses, Bars, Restaurants OR THE LIKE; Paying Counters 2

B65F - Gathering OR Removal OF Domestic OR Like Refuse 2

A47K - Sanitary Equipment NOT Otherwise Provided FOR ; Toilet Accessories 1

A47G - Household OR Table Equipment 1

H05B - Electric HEATING; Electric Light Sources NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Circuit Arrangements FOR Electric Light Sources, IN General 1

H02G - Installation OF Electric Cables OR Lines, OR OF Combined Optical AND Electric Cables OR Lines 1

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

F21V - Functional Features OR Details OF Lighting Devices OR Systems THEREOF; Structural Combinations OF Lighting Devices With Other Articles, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 1

Top 14 of 14 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

Hardware Resources, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Hardware Resources, Inc.'s lead technology class is A47B (TABLES; DESKS; Office FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; General Details OF Furniture), 35.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A47B
Ranked #4,195 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Hardware Resources, Inc. against Digitalglobe Inc, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 39.1/100 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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