Where does HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC ranks #5,676 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 HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC hold?

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC holds 60 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2025, spanning 28 technology areas.

What is HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's Innovation Score?

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC has an Innovation Score of 43.9 out of 100 (top 27% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC focus on?

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's top technology area is A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs) with 20 patents, ranking #3 of 123 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 28 CPC subclasses total.

Is HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's recent grant velocity is +42% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). The company is maintaining or growing its granted-patent output.

What does claim depth mean for HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's patents?

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's patents average 13.2 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 HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC 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

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 60 granted patents across 28 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: A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HBI ranks #5,676 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 60 patents across 28 technology areas.

#5,676
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 27%
by Innovation Score (43.9/100): 13.2
avg claims per patent: +42%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R5676 · US Corporation #5,676 · 60 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · UPPER-Q · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-UP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 60 grants
UPPER-Q #5,676/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Generac Power Systems
CPC-FOCUS A41B · 28 areas
INNOV-PAR 43.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 13.2 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-UP +42% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Generac Power Systems, 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 HBI’s 43.9 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 14.2 pts (32%) Velocity 3.1 pts (7%) Breadth 18.7 pts (43%) Claim depth 7.9 pts (18%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Aseko · near

44
Fertin Pharma A/S · near

44
HBI Branded Apparel… · this assignee

44
Series International · near

44
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE · near

44
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HBI's Innovation Score is 43.9/100 (top 27% 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 HBI?

Each dot is one of HBI’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). HBI’s own 13.2 claims/patent is at or below the 14.9 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

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

Where HBI's grants concentrate

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC is a focused PatentsView assignee: 28 CPC subclasses with 33.3% of grants classified under A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs). Peak complete grant year is 2021 (11 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2015. By volume, HBI sits between Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Hangzhou H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.

HBI's three-year grant acceleration

From 2019–2021 to 2022–2024, HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC moved from 28 to 13 grants (0.46x the prior three-year total, a multiple, not a CAGR). See the growth leaderboard.

Guangdong Midea K…

60
Generac Power Sys…

60
Great Lakes Neuro…

60
Hankook Tire & Te…

60
Heliae Development

60
Hoist Fitness Sys…

60
Hyperloop

60
Hangzhou H3C

60
HBI Branded Appar… ◀

60

What this shows HBI holds 60 patents at rank #5,674, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HBI

By rank, the assignees closest to #5,674 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A41B (Shirts)

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

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for HBI, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In A41B (Shirts), HBI ranks #3 of 123 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (44 here).

Fertin Pharma A/S 44 Series International, LLC 44 Aseko, Inc. 44 MAN Diesel & Turbo SE 44

Similar claim depth

Nearest assignees by average claims per patent (13.2 here).

Gyrus Medical Limited 13.2 avg Toshiba Lighting & Technology Corporation 13.2 avg Merlin Technology Inc. 13.2 avg ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG 13.2 avg

HBI's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

44 Top 27% higher than 73% 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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HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	2	3.3%
2016	6	10.0%
2017	4	6.7%
2018	5	8.3%
2019	7	11.7%
2020	10	16.7%
2021	11	18.3%
2022	6	10.0%
2023	5	8.3%
2024	2	3.3%
2025partial year	2	3.3%

Which technologies does HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC patent most?

A41B - SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs 20

A41C - CORSETS; Brassieres 19

D04B - Knitting 16

A41D - OUTERWEAR; Protective GARMENTS; Accessories 15

A41F - Garment FASTENINGS; Suspenders 7

D10B - Indexing Scheme Associated With Sublasses OF Section D, Relating TO Textiles 6

D06P - Dyeing OR Printing TEXTILES; Dyeing Leather, Furs OR Solid Macromolecular Substances IN ANY Form 4

Y10T - Technical Subjects Covered BY Former US Classification 4

B32B - Layered Products, i.e. Products Built-up OF Strata OF Flat OR Non-flat, e.g. Cellular OR Honeycomb, Form 3

A41H - Appliances OR Methods FOR Making Clothes, e.g. FOR Dress-making OR FOR Tailoring, NOT Otherwise Provided FOR 3

D06M - Treatment, NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere IN Class D06, OF Fibres, Threads, Yarns, Fabrics, Feathers OR Fibrous Goods Made From Such Materials 2

D06B - Treating Textile Materials Using Liquids, Gases OR Vapours 2

A01D - HARVESTING; Mowing 2

A01F - Processing OF Harvested PRODUCE; HAY OR Straw PRESSES; Devices FOR Storing Agricultural OR Horticultural Produce 2

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

Top 15 of 28 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

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC's lead technology class is A41B (SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; Baby LINEN; Handkerchiefs), 33.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A41B
Ranked #5,676 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC against Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 43.9/100 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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