Where does HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. ranks #13,455 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 HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. hold?

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 14 technology areas.

What is HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s Innovation Score?

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. has an Innovation Score of 52.5 out of 100 (top 10% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. focus on?

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s top technology area is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing) with 10 patents, ranking #3,601 of 13,878 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 14 CPC subclasses total.

Is HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s recent grant velocity is +1800% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s patents?

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s patents average 14.1 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 HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. 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

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 14 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. 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: G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, HCL ranks #13,455 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 14 technology areas.

#13,455
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 10%
by Innovation Score (52.5/100): 14.1
avg claims per patent: +1800%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13455 · Foreign Corporation #13,455 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-PAR · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,455/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Global Marketing…
CPC-FOCUS G06F · 14 areas
INNOV-PAR 52.5/100
CLAIMS-RICH 14.1 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-SURGE +1800% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Global Marketing Enterprise (GME) 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 HCL’s 52.5 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 10.8 pts (21%) Velocity 20.0 pts (38%) Breadth 13.2 pts (25%) Claim depth 8.5 pts (16%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
HCL Italy S p A · this assignee

53
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows HCL's Innovation Score is 52.5/100 (top 10% 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 HCL?

Each dot is one of HCL’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). HCL’s own 14.1 claims/patent is ABOVE the 11.7 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

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

Where HCL's grants concentrate

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 14 CPC subclasses with 45.5% of grants classified under G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing). Peak complete grant year is 2022 (10 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2019. By volume, HCL sits between Global Marketing Enterprise (GME) Ltd. and Hioki Denki Kabushiki Kaisha.

HCL's three-year grant acceleration

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. shows 15 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 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.

Global Marketing…

22
Glydways

22
Guangzhou Institu…

22
Hangzhou Chipjet…

22
Hefei BOE Display…

22
Heishin

22
Hgst

22
Hioki Denki

22
HCL Italy S p A ◀

22

What this shows HCL holds 22 patents at rank #13,451, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near HCL

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,451 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing)

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

HCL's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

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

53 Top 10% higher than 90% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

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

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HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	1	4.5%
2020	1	4.5%
2021	3	13.6%
2022	10	45.5%
2023	3	13.6%
2024	2	9.1%
2025partial year	2	9.1%

Which technologies does HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. patent most?

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 10

G08B - Signalling OR Calling SYSTEMS; Order TELEGRAPHS; Alarm Systems 4

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 3

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 3

H04W - Wireless Communication Networks 3

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 3

G06K - Graphical Data Reading ; Presentation OF DATA; Record CARRIERS; Handling Record Carriers 2

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

H03M - CODING; DECODING; Code Conversion IN General 1

G06N - Computing Arrangements Based ON Specific Computational Models 1

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 1

B60W - Conjoint Control OF Vehicle Sub-units OF Different Type OR Different FUNCTION; Control Systems Specially Adapted FOR Hybrid VEHICLES; Road Vehicle Drive Control Systems FOR Purposes NOT Related TO THE Control OF A Particular Sub-unit 1

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G16H - Healthcare Informatics, i.e. Information AND Communication Technology [ICT] Specially Adapted FOR THE Handling OR Processing OF Medical OR Healthcare Data 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

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A.'s lead technology class is G06F (Electric Digital Data Processing), 45.5% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G06F
Ranked #13,455 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare HCL Technologies Italy S.p.A. against Global Marketing Enterprise (GME) Ltd., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 52.5/100 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

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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